Is there an online photo sharing service for digital photos that has
unlimited storage (unlike yahoo photos, where you are limited to 100
megabytes), and preferably allows me to password protect certain
photos.

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Clarification of Question by lukenosek-ga on 22 Aug 2003 16:46 PDT

Additionally, I dont want to be required to pay for printing photos
just to store them, like snapfish.com

And I want the photos to automatically be displayed on a public web
page, so my friends can see them, unlike a simple file sharing service
like xdrive.com

Hi lukenosek,

I've located many photo sharing services or galleries, and some have
more features than others.  I've placed the information provided in no
particular order.

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PhotoPile
http://photopile.com/start.htm

Password Protected Albums - Give out password only to who you want
Unlimited Uploads - No limit on the number of megabytes (MB) your
account can store!

http://photopile.com/pricing.htm?sess=c75507daad5c46c8b1e6791ead60e1b4

 $4.95 US Every month N/A  
 $9.95 US Every 3 months $4.90  
 $14.95 US Every 6 months $14.75  
 $19.95 US Every year $39.45  

Photopile Faqs
http://photopile.com/faq.htm?sess=c75507daad5c46c8b1e6791ead60e1b4

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Fotki
http://www.fotki.com/

"Premium Fotki members, for only $30 a year, enjoy all the privileges
available to the free members plus they are able to:

Get unlimited storage space for their photos 
Apply their own design to their Fotki albums to seamlessly integrate
them with their existing web site
Get considerable discounts on our already low-priced photo prints from
your or somebody else's albums
Participate in Fotki photo contests either by submitting their own
works or by voting on others'
Use their photos on auctions, forums and chat rooms"

Testimonials
http://about.fotki.com/testimonials/

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Snapfish 
http://www.snapfish.com/helpstorage#hires

"Sharing Overview 
 
When you invite friends to see your online photos, we send an email
invitation to them on your behalf. The email contains the name of the
photo or albums shared, step-by-step instructions on how to see your
shared photos, and if you wish, a personalized message.
Your friends click on a link within the email, which brings them to
the Snapfish website where they're asked to type in their email
address and choose a password. This ensures the privacy of your
pictures and creates new Snapfish accounts for your friends with
viewing privileges for just the photos you invited them to see. In
addition to being able to see all of your shared photos, your friends
can easily order their own reprints or enlargements at no cost to you.
 
Storage Overview 

Have a digital camera? It's easy to upload photos and order prints. 
Store and share your photos absolutely free. We've made uploading a
snap, so you and your friends can order film-quality prints on Kodak
paper anytime.

Your first 10 4x6" prints are free!

Snapfish offers free, unlimited storage of your online photos, whether
they come from film you develop with us or from digital photos that
you upload to your account. There is no limit to the number of rolls
you can send in nor is there a limit to the number of digital photos
you can upload. You can have an unlimited number of albums and photos
in your account.

Share your photos with family and friends around the world, free!
Plus, get free unlimited storage of your online photos.
It's easier than ever to stay connected. You can invite anyone with
internet access to view your online albums and order prints for
themselves. Plus your online photos are safe on Snapfish - there's no
limit to the number of photos you can have in your account and storage
is free."

http://www.snapfish.com/helpsharing#questions

http://www.snapfish.com/helpindex/t_=0


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Photofun - Free Unlimited - Privacy Password 
http://www.photofun.com/IM/pffaq.cfm#2

http://www.photofun.com/IM/benefits.cfm

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PhotoThru.com
http://photothru.com/images/inc_htm/key_page/photo_sharing.asp

http://photothru.com/faq.asp

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Smugmug - unlimited and password protected galleries
http://www.smugmug.com/index.mg

"When your friends visit your galleries, we never ask them to register
or log in. They may be asked for a password, but that's your call; you
can password-protect any gallery or leave it open for all the world to
see."

Smugmug Pricing
http://www.smugmug.com/price/

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Photo Pallet
http://www.photopallet.com/photomain/photo_albums.asp

http://www.photopallet.com/Help/Help.asp#M00
Why do I need a user id and password to access Members page?

"It's our way of protecting you as a member since we consider your
pictures are private properties. We only allow those who have a
legitimate user id and password to view our member's photos."

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Gallery Magic - Password Protect, unclear about storage limitations
http://gallery.nimbiz.com/

Gallery Help
http://gallery.nimbiz.com/help/index.html

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PhotoAccess
http://www.photoaccess.com/index.jsp

http://www.photoaccess.com/user/learnMore.jsp
Secure photo sharing 
  
"Forget about emailing large photo files to your friends and family.
Once your images are uploaded to the PhotoAccess Web, you can create a
secure key to either an individual album, or a group of albums. Just
send the key to friends and they can access your selected photos. And
if the key is compromised, you can throw it away and create a new one.

Permanent place to store your images    
Forget about the hassles of storing images on your PC and fighting
with CD burning to create backups. The PhotoAccess Web site allows you
to upload, store and organize as many images as you want for as long
as you want. All your images are backed up off-site so you don't have
to worry about losing them. And you can download the original images
any time you like."

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Photogra
http://www.photogra.com/ 

Unlimited storage of photos 
Create online photo albums and share pictures with anyone. Can choose
between public or private albums.

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Photo Navy Free Photo Gallery Hosting
http://pnavy.com/

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Digistar - Unlimited, but no password protect
http://digitalstar.com/

Sign-up now and get free unlimited account. 
Share your photos with family and friends.

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Google search: unlimited online digital photo sharing photos password

Best regards,

tlspiegel

excellent answer - thorough and even even corrected a misconception
that i had in the question clarification

lukenosek-ga...

One good online photo sharing site that was not mentioned is:

http://www.ofoto.com/Welcome.jsp

Its a Kodak company and I have used it exclusively since getting my
digital camera in March. You can add comments to each picture in your
albums. As well, your "guests" can post comments too!!! You will also
receive notification whenever someone you have invited to your album
views it!!!!!!!!! All free except if you want to order prints but even
the price of the prints is relatively inexpensive.

Another site that is similar to Ofoto is:

www.shutterfly.com

The main difference between the two is that (I believe) Ofoto requires
the viewers to create an account (albeit a free one) to view a set of
photos, while Shutterfly does not.

UNLIMITED VOLUME-
Shutterfly allows an unlimited number of photos to be stored for free,
supposedly forever (or as long as you wish): from the site...
"Shutterfly will let you store as many pictures as you wish. 
There is no fee to upload or store your pictures. 
All pictures, whether uploaded digitally or from our 35mm film
service, will be kept in your account until you delete them yourself."

SHARING -
At shutterfly, you upload photos (free) and then you create a "share"
- which is a subset of the photos you uploaded.  If you want it to be
a public share (called an open share), it will give you a web address
that you can then give to whomever you want to see the set of photos. 
You are supposed to enter the email addresses of those you wish to
share the photos with, but if you simply enter only your own, then
you'll get an email with the URL, which you can then give to whomever
you wish.

If you want a password-protected share, that's possible too.  Here's
what the site says about sharing:

"An open share is one where the album owner has not required a
password in order for recipients to view the share. Anyone with the
appropriate Open Share link (URL) can access the pictures, can order
prints, and can save them into an account.

For increased security, you can create a private share, whereby you
designate that your share recipients have to enter their Shutterfly
password to view the pictures you've shared.

With an open share, only a link (URL) is required to access the
pictures. With a private share, the link is provided, but the
recipients must also sign in to their account (or sign up for an
account if they were not previously Shutterfly members). The owner of
the pictures designates whether the share is open or private when he
or she creates a share."

Of course, they do charge for making prints of the photos, but there's
nothing that compells you to have prints made.

Hope this helps -
asking-ga

Hi lukenosek,

Thank you for the nice rating.  :)  

Best regards,
tlspiegel

try to take a look at 

http://www.fotop.net

You can share photos publicly or privately (hidden, password protect) there, 
there's also many public area such as random photo, album categories,
countries, etc so that visitors can find your photos.

They offer unlimited storage for only US$13 per year. And you can
always sign up a free trial account to evaluate it.