How to Zip Multiple Files and Send them over the Internet
Large files can be sent via yousendit.com . As of this writing, files up to 100 megs can be sent for free.
100 megs might be 20-50 high resolution jpg pictures from typical digital cameras. Typical email can send and receive up to 10 megs. Bower Web Solutions emails can send and receive up to 15 megs.
Multiple files can be combined together to form a single zip file for ease of sending.
How to create and extract a ZIP File in  Windows ME/XP/2003/Vista
Windows ME/XP/2003 have built in ZIP file support. It is therefore, very easy to make and extract ZIP files using these operating systems
To create a ZIP file:
Right click on a file, folder, or selection of files and click on the Send To menu option and then choose Compressed (zipped) Folder. The image at right shows the location of these menu items:
After selecting the Compressed (zipped) Folder menu option, the files will be zipped and you should now see a file that ends with .ZIP. The files name will be the name of the folder or file you compressed. If you compressed a selection of files, it will be the name of the first file in that selection.
To Create a Zip file using Mac OS X
To create a compressed file (.ZIP), either Control key+click on the file and choose "Create Archive" . Or you can click on a file, then go to the Action menu (the button that looks like a gear up in the Finder window’s toolbar), and choose "Create Archive" from there.
Either process will create a new file, with the file extension “.zip.” This is the compressed file. You can also compress several different files into one single archive file — just Command key+click (or Shift key+click contiguous files) on all the files you want included, then choose "Create Archive of _ Items" from the Action menu. A file will be created named “Archive.zip”.
To Open a Zip File (Mac or Windows ME or newer)
Just double-click it and Mac OS X and Windows ME/XP/2003/Vista will automatically decompress it. There should not be a need for you to install additional software in order to create or open a standard .ZIP archived file.
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