Sending large attachments by email can be problematic, they can be held up for any number of reasons including being rejected due to size restrictions and being rejected due to mailbox size limitations. They also use up valuable storage space in mail archives. One alternative is to burn the attachment to CD and deliver it by post or courier. Burning files to CD can be slow, time consuming, costly and prone to physical medium errors.

Instead, it can often be beneficial to send large attachments using a dedicated file transfer service – 2Large2Email is one such service.

2Large2Email describes itself as “…. The simple way to send large files around the world, or next door.”

A free 100MB per send service is available from 2Large2Email and for larger requirements a number of paid plans are available from 500Mb to 2Gb (single file size). Included in the free plan is a 7 day storage period, 1GB total upload and send per month limit, password protection, and up to 3 downloads per file.

Signing up for the free plan is straightforward, simply enter your name, email, time zone, and password together with a unique web address to identify your download site.

Some of the benefits of the 2Large2Email service include:

• Simplicity, once registered simply choose your file, type in the sender and click send
• Once your file is uploaded it is retained for a specified period so you don’t have to upload it again when you want to send it to someone else
• For larger companies the service can be personalised to better complement your corporate identity
• Web based service so you don’t need to install extra programs locally on your computer
• Bring your contact list in from Outlook so you don’t have to retype them all

You can get more information from 2Large2Email on their FAQ section. A popular FAQ explains how an Administrator can allow other people to send large emails by adding them as users in the Users section of the administrative panel.

A number of useful tutorial videos and screen shots can be found on the site at including a video giving a General Overview, and screenshots illustrating the process of Sending Files, Customization, and what the Filing Cabinet looks like.

So who is 2Large2Email aimed at? As 2Large2Email explain, their service is “for business people who find it increasingly difficult and time consuming to send large files (such as PowerPoint presentations and PDF documents) to colleagues, customers and clients. And 2Large2Email is for consumers who want to more easily share video and pictures with family and friends and exercise control over who sees what.”

2Large2Email can be found at www.2large2email.com