Thanks to John over at Fedcor Global, I have become a satisfied user of YouSendIt.com, a service that makes sharing large files a snap. Those of us in the manufacturing and sourcing industry have frequent needs to send and receive large files. For years I have used file transfer protocol (ftp) to upload and download large files. While ftp will remain a weapon in my arsenal, I now find YouSendIt to be much easier.

There are paid subscriptions available that will make sense for some users, but so far the free account with the 1 GB limit has worked for me. I simply zip up the files I need to send into one zip file and use the interface to send it to my recipient. The interface is very much like Outlook or any other email client. When I have successfully sent the file, my recipient receives an email with a link that automatically downloads my file to their computer. It is elegantly simple.

I will be eager to hear of other solutions to sending and receiving large files. Do you have something that works for you?