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As part of drop.io’s effort to make file sharing simple, we're happy to announce that starting this week, Yahoo! Mail users will have the ability to attach up to 100MB of files to each email they send with drop.io’s Attach Large Files application.

The application allows people to seamlessly share groups of photos, documents, movies and more, combining the power of drop.io as a media & file sharing backbone with Yahoo! Mail, one of the world's most popular email services.

People on Yahoo! Mail can access Attach Large Files from the applications menu in the lower left hand corner of their inbox.

 
Using the Attach Large Files app is simple: 

  1. Click "Attach Large Files" from the Application Box within Yahoo! Mail -- this brings users to our welcome page
  2. Next click "Select Files" -- add as many files from your computer as you want up to 100MB. You'll recognize drop.io's distinct upload interface that displays the queued files, their file size and allows you to cancel any of them either before or during upload.
  3. Next click "Upload and Compose E-mail" – users are brought to a new e-mail, populated with thumbnails and links to view and download the attachments.

When your recipient opens the e-mail, they have the option to click to view and download individual files, or the whole group.

The application allows Yahoo! Mail users to save previously sent groups of attached files that can later be viewed or resent. It also integrates several useful drop.io functions like voicemail and conference calling.

The Attach Large Files app was built entirely on drop.io’s robust and open API. We are excited to see our API continue to be used as a springboard for other platforms to leverage drop.io’s powerful, real-time file sharing, collaboration and conversion engine to help power content sharing in the context of communication platforms.

Shaun Salzberg, the lead developer on the project said: “From a development perspective, one of the great things about the Attach Large Files app is that it’s 100% API-based, utilizing the soon-to-be released second version of drop.io's JavaScript API client. While we purposefully don't use the core drop.io terminology of "drops" and "assets" within the app, behind the scenes we create one drop per e-mail, and upload the user's assets to that drop. All of these interactions with drop.io (creating drops, uploading assets, retrieving and displaying thumbnails) occur through the standard API, and not by means of any undocumented or proprietary back end.”

On the potential of drop.io’s API, Shaun concludes, “In reality, any third-party developer could have made this app, which serves to illustrate the enormous power of the drop.io API when coupled with other platforms such as Yahoo! Mail.”

Please take a look at our video screencast for simple steps to attaching large files. 

-drop.io Team


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How many email programs will allow a 100MB attachment and actually receive it, or is the attachment held on drop.io's servers?

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