Compression/zip Files

[Buzz Billsberry]

Hi all

I'm needing to send some pig picky files that require the full fat 8meg sending. I've been advised that I need zip compression as the files are to big to send out by webmail etc. Can anyone advise on decent software that works and is pref free . I've had a look and they're seems plenty about.

I'm just wondering what you guys out there are using/recommending??

Cheers

Buzz

[peterg]

We use WinZip at work as we have to send out files that range from 40-60MB each

[Man On The Clapham Omnibus]

Could these people help?

https://www.yousendit.com/

[John Williams (Panda) - Joint Manchester AO]

send that for the yousendit; if they are jpegs they probably wont compress much anyway!

[dave_t]

Or just sign up to Dropbox. Its free for 5GB of storage, the space can be divided and shared as you like. Any file that is saved into a Dropbox folder on your PC is automatically copied to all other PCs that share that folder.

We use it a lot with our clients to distribute big files.

[DerekJ]

If you don't have a file compresser on your PC (Win 7 has one built in) then you can download 7Zip free.

In Win7, right-click the file and use "send to" compressed file. It will do dolders too.

[Stuart]

Another vote for 7Zip, but in any case most email servers these days will take at least 20mb attachments.

[GreigM]

7-zip. http://www.7-zip.org/

However as others have said, a jpg is an already compressed format so you're unlikely to get much reduction - in that case 7-zip can split the file into smaller slices which you could send individually and the recipient re-assembles at the other end.

[Meakin]

There is also skydrive (free with hotmail account), that gives you you 7GB, so you can drop 8MB files easily on there in the public folder and then email the link to whoever.

If you meant 8GB then wizip will probably take the extra gig off, or as suggested 7 zip it.

Hope thats helped

Paul