On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 02:56:08PM -0600, Bob Proulx via Dng wrote:
> 164MB! OMG! Repeat after me. "SMTP is not a file transport
> protocol." The likelihood of being able to send a 164MB email message
> from one random system on the net to another random system on the net
> today is vanishingly small. The default for most popular mail
> transport agents even today is 10MB max in size. Though most sites
> have increased that to at least 50MB and some to 100MB due to people
> trying to send photos through email. But 164MB? I don't know of any
> site that allows such a large single email. Gmail limits message size
> to 25MB https://support.google.com/a/answer/1366776?hl=en.
>
> Since email is not a file transport protocol I suggest using a
> different method to transfer those files. I am worthless for
> suggesting a large binary file drop method since I have my own web
> site and so I always use it for these things. I just copy it there
> and pass along a URL. But I know that not everyone maintains their
> own servers and associated web sites.
>
> Perhaps some kind souls on the list might suggest possible ways to
> send large binary files? That's the real problem and it needs a real
> solution.

There are various services for sending large files. Dropbox
and Wetransfer are the big ones, but increasingly complicated
to use. I use the following web service.

https://send.vis.ee/

The author also provides a CLI utility.

I can't comment on the security of these methods.

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Joel Roth