Large File Transfer Instructions.pdf

NASA Large File Transfer Instructions

Inviting an External User If you are a user external to NASA, you will receive an invitation email. Click on the link in the invitation email to access the LFT website and register for an account. There you will create your own password.

Note: External users can only use LFT to send files to internal NASA users.

Sending Files After logging in, click the Send File tab to enter the recipient email address, compose a message to the recipient and attach the file.

Send File Tab Options From the Send File tab you will see the following options.

To Enter the recipient’s email address. Use a comma or semicolon to separate multiple recipients. The maximum number of recipients should not exceed 100. The auto complete feature will show email addresses that were sent to previously. Click Add CC and/or Add BCC to add CC and/or BCC recipients.

Subject/Body Text Enter the subject and body text for the email. Clicking Use Rich Text Formatting will present you with the formatting options seen below.

Attachments The maximum number of attachments per email is 10, which can include a mix of new uploads and previously sent files. If you wish to send a file over 2GB, you will need to download the Large File/Folder Applet. You will be prompted to download the applet when you upload the file.The total size of all attachments to the email or upload should not exceed 100GB.

To attach a file:

1. Click Choose File/Folder to upload a new file, or click Choose from File Manager to select a file already in your account.

2. Highlight the file to attach.

3. Click Attach.

4. Click Choose File/Folder again if you wish to upload more files.

5. Click the X if you wish to remove a file.

Send Copy to Myself Clicking the checkbox will send a copy of the email to your email address. This is useful if you want to preserve the email in your local email program after it has been deleted from the LFT server.

Send Notification on File Delivery Clicking the checkbox will notify you when the recipient completely downloads the sent files. Next to Notify, enter additional email addresses of anyone who should also be notified once the files are downloaded. You can enter multiple email addresses, separated by a comma.

NASA Large File Transfer Instructions

Send Click Send when your message and file are ready to be sent. After clicking Send, the file will be uploaded, and your message will be sent to the recipient with a secure link to the file. Upload and download speeds depend on the local computer, network traffic and bandwidth.

You can keep track of sent and received files under the Transfers section of the File Manager tab.

Creating Drafts The LFT web interface provides you the ability to save drafts of emails you are working on but are not ready to send. To create a draft, click Save Now. You will see the title of the email you are working on appear on the left side of the screen. You can save multiple drafts and return to them later by clicking the title.