YouSendIt.com Securely Sends Large Files

YouSendIt.com Securely Sends Large Files

If you’ve ever clogged your email inbox with large files, exceeded your email storage limits, or hassled with burning and shipping huge media files on a CD or DVD, check out the simple and useful file transfer services offered by YouSendIt.com. Ordinary folks can send and receive large files with ease and use advanced technological features that enhance tracking, security and efficiency.

Getting Started

Getting started is simple with YouSendIt.com’s free “Try It Now” feature. “Guests” do not need to register and you won’t have to install special software. To begin, enter the recipient’s email address, an optional email subject line, and optional copy in the message’s body. Browse your local drive for the file you want to send and upload it to YouSendIt.com’s servers by clicking “Send.” YouSendIt.com limits total file sizes for guest to 100MB, but you can keep using the service as a guest as long as you want, and you always have the option of sending files to multiple recipients.

YouSendIt Send A File

YouSendIt.com sends an email with a link to your file(s) using the secure, YouSendIt.com server. The designated recipient opens their email and clicks “Download” to store the file(s). If you or the recipient runs into trouble during this mostly intuitive process, YouSendIt.com’s online knowledge base helps answer questions.

If you will use the service more than once, it makes sense to register for a free user account (YouSendIt Lite). As a registered user, you’ll get access to YouSendIt Overview: a dashboard for checking the status of sent or received files and keeping an address book. YouSendIt.com does not currently offer options for accessing or importing existing address books from other applications, but it does automatically store each email address you use, growing your YouSendIt.com address book with each file you send.

Whether you remain a Guests or register for Lite, YouSendIt.com limits the size of sent files to 100MB and automatically deletes them after seven days. Guest and Lite users also may pay-per-use to send files larger than 100MB.

Advanced Solutions

YouSendIt.com also offers advanced solutions for a variety of personal, business and corporate needs. Compare monthly plans, ala carte services, upgrades and pricing options to see what costs you may incur for additional features such as:

  • Sending Files: Users of paid plans can send files up to 2GB. Paid plans also give you access to Pay-Per-Use features such as verifying a recipient’s identity, protecting your file with a password or getting a notification when your recipient has downloaded a file.

  • Receive Large Files: To receive files with YouSendIt.com, simply click and download. Frequent senders and recipients who choose a paid plan can use the customized YouSendIt DropBox page or install a website widget called SiteDrop. These easy-to-use features even meet the government’s high-security standards.

  • Tracking: Login to YouSendIt.com to find out when files you have sent get downloaded, or use tracking and reporting features to get notified about file downloads.

  • Branding: Customize email notifications and DropBox or download pages to reflect your company’s brand.

  • Central administration: YouSendIt.com can meet the most advanced corporate security needs for file transfers as well as help with central administration and policy management.

Additional Tools

The core YouSendIt.com service works through your Web browser without requiring software installation. However, downloadable tools may enhance your experience. For example, you can skip opening a browser window to send files, upload documents faster, send entire folders, and drag and drop files with the free, YouSendIt Express desktop application. Yousendit.com also offers plug-ins for Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office, Adobe and more to help you more efficiently send, receive, and track files.

Want to use YouSendIt.com on the go? Check out Mobile Tools for iPhone and Blackberry users.

YouSendIt Tracker for Mobile Tools

Good to Know

YouSendIt.com will not deliver files larger than 100MB (Lite) or 2GB (for paid services and plans). Remember, once Yousendit.com gets a file from point A to point B, it gets deleted in seven days (for Guests and Lite users), so keep copies and backup all your files.