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Drop.io Launches “Attach Large Files” on Yahoo Mail
NY-based file sharing service Drop.io has announced a new partnership with Yahoo today. The partnership brings a new application named “Attach Large Files” directly as part of the applications menu within Yahoo Mail.
When you want to attach a file up to 100mb to a Yahoo email, the Attach Large File app creates a drop.io share, uploads the file to it, and attaches a link to the drop.io share inside of the email. In my testing, the application worked well.
The drop.io team notes that the app was built on top of the drop.io API. The app is a default and is available directly in the “applications” menu inside of Yahoo Mail. While I don’t see using the service for uploading a simple image or Word doc, for larger videos or photos it could work very well. And the offering should provide more visibility for drop.io to a mainstream audience.
Here’s a video overview of how the Attach Large Files application works:
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Yahoo Mail? Really? Put this out for Gmail and I will hop over the moon.
I am guessing if it’s possible, the drop.io team will do it. I think Yahoo is a good move for them as it can help draw in mainstream attention.
I have used this several times to send entire CD’s to my girlfriend and friends. It works fine. The time involved depends on your comp’s upload speed. I have the bottom level DSL so it takes me about an hour to upload 60MB. Then you just compose the e-mail message and send it. However, I have a friend in Australia, where they have Yahoo 7, and it is not available there. What’s the deal with that?