How to send BIG service manuals?

FTP is the answer.

The recipient provides a place for the file, either in a directory on his machine, or in a directory on a web site. The recipient gives the sender the location of the directory.

The sender uses an FTP program, like WS_FTP LE (free for personal use), which looks a lot like a browser, but is designed to move files (or groups of files) from one place to another. The sender opens WS_FTP, accesses the destination location, selects the file(s) to be moved, and WS_FTP does the rest, and tells you when the transfer is complete. Don't know why, but sending is often slow, but you can go off and do other things while this runs.

Next best is to just burn a CDROM and mail it. The recipient should be polite and send you a few bucks to cover your cost and trouble. Or maybe trade you some manuals that he already has.

Ed

Not unless someone has a site that can give both of us access and has a lot of space. Is there a "universal" ftp site available?? For every protocol I know about, we still need a space to put it...??? mike

Your ISP? His ISP?

Briefcase.Yahoo.Com will give you 30MB for free... set up some dummy account that both of you know the password too...

If the manual is not in word-processing form but some kind of bitmap, have you tried compressing the manual with DejaVu? That is specifically made for good compression of (scanned) manuals.

Mat Nieuwenhoven

mail me at "webmaster [at] thedragon.hopto [dot] org" I can accomodate this for you. I can setup an authenticated FTP area for you to use to transfer the manuals.

I am not a company just an induvidual who likes fixing thinks, has a broadband connection live 24/7.

Things I need to know.

1. username you require
2. password you require
3. ammount of space, could give upto 1 gig
4. how long you need the area for.
5. Real contact email address.

You could if both partied have a good fast connection use MSN messanger.

I'll try the briefcase thing. I have broadband access only a couple of hours a week, so most of the other proposals won't work for me. Thanks, mike