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Is there a website that I can enter a file URL and an email address, and the website will download the file and send it directly to the email address?

I can set this up on a private server, but I'm hoping this already exists somewhere.

Edit: For example, my company blocks the website of one of the podcasts I listen to. I'd like to be able to submit the URL of the mp3 file and the service would download it then send it to me as an attachment.

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if the file is in the url, then why not email the url? it has to be an attachment? – barlop Nov 11 '10 at 3:35
Yeah thats right, I'm wondering if there's anything that will take the URL, then send the file as an attachment to the email address I specify. – Alex J. Roberts Nov 11 '10 at 4:15
Why don't you just download the podcast on the private server? – fideli Nov 11 '10 at 6:26
One example would be bypassing Kindle restriction on downloading PDFs. They can be sent to Amazon to send it further. This is what I'm looking for. – dhill Mar 26 '11 at 23:40

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I think this best be on your private hosting space, since this it can be bandwidth intensive.

parse the URL; "wget content" ; mail user@example.com

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I was hoping to avoid using my own bandwidth but this is probably the best solution. – Alex J. Roberts Nov 11 '10 at 23:48

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