looking for tools to send large email attachments

bayonetblaha · 02-13-2008, 05:41 PM

I'm in a Beatles cover band, and we record all our practices. Trouble is, emailing the mp3s to the rest of the band is tedious! I usually end up with a couple dozen mp3 files, which I email 3 at a time. Is there a utility for sending large .zip files in small chunks by email? I'm using Kubuntu and Thunderbird at the moment.

gilead · 02-13-2008, 06:01 PM

This will will make it easier to send multiple emails - but doesn't help with large files...

If you open a terminal window and change to the directory where your .mp3 files are, you can do something like this:

Code:

for i in *; do echo "Sending $i" | mailx -s "Session file" -a $i friend@somewhere.com; done

Your version of mail or mailx needs to support attachments though.

pljvaldez · 02-13-2008, 06:10 PM

There are a few file sharing services where you can upload files and other people can download them free. Just google for "free file transfer service". If you zip them up with a password and then word of mouth the password, it should be secure enough for you.

lazlow · 02-13-2008, 10:39 PM

A lot of email servers have a limit on how big a email can be. You could rar them.