Sending large files via email is simply not a viable means of transfer unless you work at CERN. Since most of us don't, there's this Internet tool that lets us park up to 2Gb of data for 2 week, for retrieval by your comrades. (Plus, they have very cool background pictures that change every few seconds!)
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