One drawback of email comes when you have to send or receive large files. Most email providers have a cap of around 10 MB or so which will probably accommodate 99% of your needs, but what if you need to send a huge file such as a video? An easy way to get around this limitation is to use Podmailing.

Podmailing is a unique service which lets you transfer files via a peer-to-peer connection. Their FAQ does a good job of explaining how the system works:

Podmailing is a kind of P2P software as it uses P2P communication technologies such as BitTorrent. It enables Podmailing to transfer data directly between its users, for maximum efficiency. But Podmailing does not have the usual drawbacks of P2P: Podmailing offers a high quality of service by relaying files on its servers so you don’t risk being stuck with “no sources” for your downloads; it doesn’t share any files from your hard drive other than the files that you send or receive; it doesn’t expose you to viruses or malware as long as you only download files sent by trusted contacts.

If you are sending a large file, you use Podmailing’s client to create the email link, however if you are receiving a file, you can either use their software or a BitTorrent client of your choice. When the recipient goes to download the file, the sender’s machine acts as a ‘server’ to transfer the file.

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