Is email secure enough for your important files? We have identity theft, phishing, email spoofing. We also have more SPAM mail now than ever, and everyone from our hosting company to our ISP is looking for new ways to block the SPAM from ever reaching us. Many of us are finding that our large file attachments a

Every business has email, and email itself has gone through many changes in how it is utilized. Beginning as a convenience, then becoming an essential business tool, email is used for everything from communications to advertising to sharing files. But in that respect, email is no longer the best tool to use – move over email, and make room for File Hosting!

Large computer files have become a staple in business. We don't gather at the conference table to view a chart anymore – we compile our data on the computer, and send it to everyone who needs to see it. When the internet was first gaining popularity, most businesses and individuals had dial-up connections – too slow to send someone a large file, or groups of files or photos. We talked to each other on email, but called Fed Ex to send CDs containing big files. Now most businesses use a high-speed connection, but email is still not the best choice for distributing large files securely.

Is email secure enough for your important files? We have identity theft, phishing, email spoofing. We also have more SPAM mail now than ever, and everyone from our hosting company to our ISP is looking for new ways to block the SPAM from ever reaching us. Many of us are finding that our large file attachments ar

Every business has email, and email itself has gone through many changes in how it is utilized. Beginning as a convenience, then becoming an essential business tool, email is used for everything from communications to advertising to sharing files. But in that respect, email is no longer the best tool to use – move over email, and make room for File Hosting!

Large computer files have become a staple in business. We don't gather at the conference table to view a chart anymore – we compile our data on the computer, and send it to everyone who needs to see it. When the internet was first gaining popularity, most businesses and individuals had dial-up connections – too slow to send someone a large file, or groups of files or photos. We talked to each other on email, but called Fed Ex to send CDs containing big files. Now most businesses use a high-speed connection, but email is still not the best choice for distributing large files securely.

Is email secure enough for your important files? We have identity theft, phishing, email spoofing. We also have more SPAM mail now than ever, and everyone from our hosting company to our ISP is looking for new ways to block the SPAM from ever reaching us. Many of us are finding that our large file attachments a

Large computer files have become a staple in business. We don't gather at the conference table to view a chart anymore – we compile our data on the computer, and send it to everyone who needs to see it. When the internet was first gaining popularity, most businesses and individuals had dial-up connections – too slow to send someone a large file, or groups of files or photos. We talked to each other on email, but called Fed Ex to send CDs containing big files. Now most businesses use a high-speed connection, but email is still not the best choice for distributing large files securely.

Is email secure enough for your important files? We have identity theft, phishing, email spoofing. We also have more SPAM mail now than ever, and everyone from our hosting company to our ISP is looking for new ways to block the SPAM from ever reaching us. Many of us are finding that our large file attachments a

Is email secure enough for your important files? We have identity theft, phishing, email spoofing. We also have more SPAM mail now than ever, and everyone from our hosting company to our ISP is looking for new ways to block the SPAM from ever reaching us. Many of us are finding that our large file attachments a

Is email secure enough for your important files? We have identity theft, phishing, email spoofing. We also have more SPAM mail now than ever, and everyone from our hosting company to our ISP is looking for new ways to block the SPAM from ever reaching us. Many of us are finding that our large file attachments are being blocked, stripped, or otherwise prevented from reaching their intended recipients, because they look like possible SPAM. A big file, sent to multiple people, often has enough of the hallmarks of SPAM to get blocked. Large files are also apt to push limits set on the email boxes themselves: not everyone you send a file to will have the email capacity to receive it if they have other large emails coming in at the same time. It has become insecure and inconvenient to send large files through email, but there are other choices.

FTP

Many savvy business people began using their own web hosting space to transfer files. By uploading the file using FTP to a specific folder on the business' website, it is possible to then send a link to the file through email. The recipient gets a simple email that doesn't look like SPAM, and they can download the file at their own convenience. FTPing files to your webspace is certainly a good solution, and in terms of 'netiquette' it is preferable to filling up someone's email box with a huge file. The drawbacks to using FTP are that not everyone has a hosting/FTP account to upload files to, and not everyone is familiar enough with FTP and webhosting to use it. You may be able to upload a file for your clie