We have to send a folder full of important documents to our colleague in the office but we don't have any USB stick to use for the purpose "> Sites to send large files as attachments via Email from 2 to 30 GB How to send a folder via email from PC
To send a folder via email, we will first have to compress it, so that we can attach only one file at the time of sending and reduce the size of the folder (many mail services impose a limit on the size of the attachments). To create a compressed folder on the fly, open File Explorer on our computer, right click on the folder to be sent then select Send to -> Compressed folder .
A compressed file in ZIP format will be created immediately, to which we will only have to change the name (basically the file will appear with the same name as the original folder). If we need more compression or want to add a password to our compressed file, we recommend using the compressed file management programs recommended in our Program guide to compress extract and open ZIP, RAR or other archives .
Web client e-mail
Once we have created our compressed archive, we open our web client for Gmail or Outlook, type the access credentials of our account, click on Write or New message and attach the file just created, by clicking on the shaped icon of paper clip ( Attach ).
Keep in mind that with Gmail you can send attached files up to 10 GB.
Send attachment via Microsoft Outlook
If instead we use the Microsoft Outlook client installed on our PC (present together with the Office suite), we can send the attachment by opening the program, clicking on the new e-mail message in the upper left corner and, in the new window, clicking on the button top Attach file .
Send attachment via Mozilla Thunderbird
We use the free Thunderbird mail client ">How to send a folder via email from smartphone or tablet
Is the folder that we have to send present on our smartphone or tablet? No problem: we can also compress folders from mobile devices, so that we can send them without any problem on the various email management apps.Android smartphones and tablets
On an Android device we recommend that you install a complete file manager such as Solid Explorer, so that you can effectively compress any folder in the internal memory.
After installing this app, we make a long tap on the folder we want to send, select the menu at the bottom right with the three dots and then tap on the item Archive .
A superimposed window will open, in which we will be able to choose the name to be given to the compressed archive, the compression and the format to be used (we recommend ZIP for maximum compatibility); if necessary, we can also password protect the archive, thus ensuring greater privacy to the content. Once everything is configured, we tap on Create to get our compressed archive.
From an Android smartphone, simply use the app linked to the email service used to send the file: the most famous apps are Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo Mail and Blue Mail (single mail client, where we can manage multiple accounts simultaneously).
iPhone and iPad
If we use one of the Apple devices, we will have to install the free iZip app, so that we can effectively compress any folder on our iPhone or iPad.
With this app it is really simple to compress a folder: we navigate between the system apps and we make a long tap on the folder to be used, then we tap the ZIP button. In the drop-down menu that will appear we can choose whether to create a simple ZIP file without password, with password and whether to add encryption as well.
After creating the file, we tap the Share button and use our favorite email client to correctly attach the app to an email; on Apple devices we can use Posta (the default app) or one of the apps dedicated to the most famous email services: Gmail, Outlook and Yahoo Mail.
Conclusions
As we have seen, we can send any folder via email, compressing its contents into a ZIP file and sending the latter as an email attachment.If the folder to be shared contains very large files (therefore exceeds 25 MB in size), we recommend that you send the compressed file through one of the services recommended in our guide on how to send large files via the Internet without limits with direct sending in P2P, seen that most email services don't accept too large attachments.
Alternatively, we can always upload our file to the personal cloud and share it only with colleagues or with trusted people, who can download it from any location; the best cloud services that we can use for the purpose we can view them in the guide to the best cloud services with free online space .
