tim-from-pa
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- Aug 4, 2005
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This is a trick we techs have been doing for years, but may not be obvious to the average person. First off, I would not do this with the freebie accounts such as yahoo or msn. It's better with your email supplied by your ISP so that if anything goes wrong, at least they should give you better support since you are paying for the service.
Here's the steps:
1) In your email account online in a web browser (not your local email client such as Microsoft outlook, etc), simply create a folder such as "files" or "drive" or something like that.
2) Send yourself an email with the file name in the subject header, in the message body you can put a description, and then attach the file to your email.
3) Now when you get the email you just sent yourself, move it to your folder you created. As "files" pile up, each subject header will be the same name as your file. You open the email, and then the attachment to retrieve your file from any computer, and any operating system.
That's it! Now if your house burns down or your computers all explode, you'll still have them.
Pros: It's absolutely free (unlike online file storage that may charge), fairly simple, and accessible from any computer. (File storage such as "Drive" on Android require software to read it if it's something other than Android)
Cons: Some emails limit the size of the files, say 4MB or 10MB but can be sometimes offset a little by zipping them into one manageable file, This works for regular documents and pictures, but not videos.
>>Also, I have to always put a Microsoft jab in anything, but some emails don't allow zipping attachments due to Microsoft's serious inability to control their viral issue, so that "ruins it for everyone" like the one sickly kid that makes it so that every other healthy kid has to get a vaccine. I don't see this .zip restriction that often, but it's a consideration.
There you have it! Free file storage only limited by your email account size. You're already paying for your IP storage, so might as well make the most of it.
Here's the steps:
1) In your email account online in a web browser (not your local email client such as Microsoft outlook, etc), simply create a folder such as "files" or "drive" or something like that.
2) Send yourself an email with the file name in the subject header, in the message body you can put a description, and then attach the file to your email.
3) Now when you get the email you just sent yourself, move it to your folder you created. As "files" pile up, each subject header will be the same name as your file. You open the email, and then the attachment to retrieve your file from any computer, and any operating system.
That's it! Now if your house burns down or your computers all explode, you'll still have them.
Pros: It's absolutely free (unlike online file storage that may charge), fairly simple, and accessible from any computer. (File storage such as "Drive" on Android require software to read it if it's something other than Android)
Cons: Some emails limit the size of the files, say 4MB or 10MB but can be sometimes offset a little by zipping them into one manageable file, This works for regular documents and pictures, but not videos.
>>Also, I have to always put a Microsoft jab in anything, but some emails don't allow zipping attachments due to Microsoft's serious inability to control their viral issue, so that "ruins it for everyone" like the one sickly kid that makes it so that every other healthy kid has to get a vaccine. I don't see this .zip restriction that often, but it's a consideration.
There you have it! Free file storage only limited by your email account size. You're already paying for your IP storage, so might as well make the most of it.
