OT: Free Hosting for Big files. SOLVED

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On 04/24/2010 05:13 PM, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
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> I'm late to the game but has anyone suggested fex (in the repos for
> 10.04)?
> Here's the description from synaptic:
> 
> F*EX (Frams's Fast File EXchange) is a service that can be used to allow
> users anywhere on the Internet to exchange very large files quickly and
> conveniently.
> 
> The sender uploads the file to the F*EX-server and the recipient
> automatically gets a notification e-mail with a download-URL.
> 
> Main features of F*EX:
> 
>  * file transfer of virtually unlimited file size
>  * sender and recipient only need an e-mail program and a web browser
>    (of any kind; they do not have to install any software)
>  * RESEND and REGET for resuming after link failures at last sent byte
>  * auto-notification of recipient
>  * auto-deletion after download
>  * auto-deletion after expiration date (default: 5 days)
>  * full-users can create sub-users, who can send only to this full-user
>  * maintenance-free: no administration necessary beyond creating new
>    F*EX accounts
>  * multiple recipients only require one stored copy
>  * F*EX uses HTTP and needs no firewall tunnels
>  * support for streams, too (SEX: Stream EXchange)
>  * shell clients provided for commandline users: fexsend and fexget.
>    (fex-utils package)

That's interesting. However I'm unclear on the concept of where the F*EX
server resides - too much sun today I guess :-)

http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/fex
http://fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/
http://fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/FAQ.html
http://fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/fup