Sending large files – this is how it works

If you want to send large files, you won’t get anywhere with most free mail providers. Most of them stop at 25 MByte. However, there are many other ways to send large files

This is how you can send large files: Cloud and filehosters

Filehosters and clouds are the solution par excellence against the limits of email providers. With one click, you can send the download link of an uploaded file to friends and business partners. However, you always have to create a user account first. The individual services have these storage capacities to offer:

• Dropbox: Here you can use up to 2 GBytes of storage for free and expand it up to 16 GBytes through the refer-a-friend project.
• OneDrive: Microsoft’s hoster offers you 15 GB for your data for free.
• Mega: With the Mega file hoster you get 50 GBytes of storage space for your data for free – an unbeatable offer. In addition, there is a clever password protection for the files.
• Amazon Cloud and iCloud: If you rely on the online retailer Amazon or Apple’s iCloud, you get 5 GBytes each for free. Further upgrades are chargeable.

Send large files without logging in

Various providers allow sending without prior registration.

Without any registration you can send files with a maximum size of 2 GByte at WeTransfer You will receive a link that you can then send to your contacts. The data can then be accessed for 7 days.

• Send anywhere is a similar service to WeTransfer. Your files can be up to 4 GB in size and there are apps optimised for iOS and Android, a WordPress plugin and all major desktop operating systems are supported.
• SwissTransfer: Here you get 50 GByte for your data for free as well as password protection. In addition, your data is stored in Switzerland. The data can even be accessed for 30 days.You can send files of up to 5 GBytes with
• TransferXL;and with secure end-to-end encryption. You have 10 GBytes free per day, which are stored for a week. More is available through a paid upgrade.