Re: [MAGNet] Large file transfers [Fwd: Skype...]

Greg Merritt wrote:
>
> If available to you, placing such large files on a Web server can work
> really well. Only a link needs to be e-mailed, the recipient can grab
> them at his/her leisure, and there is no special software to install.
>
> (I see that you're posting also to magnet -- on an osx mac, just turn
> on Web sharing, and place the file(s) in /Library/WebServer/ Documents/ .)

I think this is a bad idea for most users. Desktop machines should not be
used as servers; it's a management problem and a security problem. (And what
if he tries to download the file after you've gone home and shut down the
machine)?

There are plenty of real servers which can store your file for downloading.

-- 
Tom Holub (tom_holub@LS.Berkeley.EDU, 510-642-9069)
Director of Computing, College of Letters & Science
249 Campbell Hall
<http://LS.berkeley.edu/lscr/>
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