The 03.05.14 at 07:13, John wrote:
So 'teach' him/her. If they have any amount of intelligence they'd understand why you want them to know this, and will understand it's not such a good thing to be so ignorant of such a simple thing. Example: Which do you really think is harder to learn...how to use the spreadsheet, word processor, and presentation tools well, *or* how to use an ftp client? My money goes on
It is not so simple a problem. Ok, an ftp client might be simple - I don't know, it is very simple for me, but perhaps not for the average office person: we should ask them. But the question is the server, the service. First, you need an FTP server available with write access (for example, I have none). Then you need some type of authentification: I mean, the file was sent by somebody, and will be received by somebody. Email gives that feeling of authenticity (I say "feeling" because it can be forged). How do you set up an FTP server so that I, and only I, can put a file, and ensure that only the intended recipient can retrieve it? Further more, how do you do that for dozens of diferent senders, recipients, and files, in any combination? And sending an email is so simple! You only type the address, and the person will duly receive it, and probably nobody else will. Email was not designed to send big files. Then, these people need something else to send files with the simplicity of email. They will not care if email was not designed for that use, or if it breaks... Mend it! Design it! That would be their answer, IMO. That said, I never send big files on email. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson