Looking for fileserving software?

zoombini · 09-02-2004, 13:54

Hello, can anyone reccomend some form of fileserving software that can collect POP3 email from my win98 PC & then interpret the emails sent to it & email back a file requested.
Like the listserve type software .

I want to be able to remotely request files from my home PC, get file lists etc.

I have come across email fileshare
however it does not appear to show too well how it works or if it is supported etc.
Does anyone use this or something similar & can share thier experiences.

Cheers

Zoombini.

philip.j.fry · 09-02-2004, 14:00

What platform are you intending to run the server on? If it's some kind of *nix box then you could use something like procmail to do the job (you'd have to write the scripts yourself though, shouldn't be too hard).

Edit: ooops sorry, I see you said you're running win98, ignore everything I said

zoombini · 09-02-2004, 14:09

OK I have done..lol
Although I initally want it for something simple, I would eventually like to be able to share 10GB of my data with a select few people.
So I envisage having to request a filelist, then sending an email to it to request the files.
Some form of leech protection would be handy, so that I dont go over my cap..lol.

SOSAGES · 09-02-2004, 14:31

set up a FTP server u can easily connect to that using any internet enabled pc (as long as the browser supports ftp) and you can set permisions so only certain users can view certain files and u can limit bandwidth email seems a bit of a crazy way of doing it especially as most companies limit email size and so do the isp's.

**Paul** · 09-02-2004, 14:52

Yep, I'd agree with Sosages - I use Ftp got transfer files to and from my home machine all the while.

SOSAGES · 09-02-2004, 15:07

if u was gpong to setup ftp server and your using 98 then u will need to find a free one or pay for it ..if u was using 2000 or xp u could probably set one up using IIS but then u would have a few security issues to look into ..

serv u is a good ftp program http://www.serv-u.com/ depends on how serious u want to be ..im sure if u look around u can find free ftp software =)

zoombini · 09-02-2004, 16:22

Ah, thats why I want the email thingy.. I cannot use FTP for it.
(behind firewall/servers at work etc).

zoombini · 09-02-2004, 20:44

Hmm, this email fileshare program looks like it could be just the thing, however I cannot get a reliable SMTP connection to send, it checks & recieves mail OK but cannot send.
I wonder if its to do with the server maintenence going on, or could it be that I have just used outlook & its maintaining some open connection preventing it or something?

zoombini · 09-02-2004, 20:46

Funny this, because outloook can send OK.

I get:
09/02/04 20:39:52 - Started sharing
09/02/04 20:40:08 - zoombini@ntlworld.com requests testfile.zip
09/02/04 20:40:09 - File not shared
09/02/04 20:40:19 - Failed to connect to SMTP server
09/02/04 20:40:23 - Testing connection to SMTP server smtp.ntlworld.com
09/02/04 20:40:33 - Failed to connect to SMTP server
09/02/04 20:40:34 - zoombini@ntlworld.com requests file not shared testfile.zip
09/02/04 20:40:34 - Request cancelled because of looping message

& there it stops...Oh bottoms.

Frank · 09-02-2004, 20:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by zoombini

Ah, thats why I want the email thingy.. I cannot use FTP for it.
(behind firewall/servers at work etc).

If you can access the web then you can set somethink like radmin up on port 80, which includes a file transfer mode as well as remote desktop.

www.radmin.com

zoombini · 09-02-2004, 22:18

Hmm, that appears to give far more funtionality than I want to have available, I want pure file transfer only.

I can imagine a website, listing loads of files & thier descriptions/filenames & then a email link to the file.
Simple & effective.
It could even be dealt with, without the need for internet access/browing windows being open so can be used while at work.

Would hammer the email account but what the heck its worth a try.

As for the above progrm, I did manage to get it to conect once, perhaps it is just the servers at the moment.

zoombini · 10-02-2004, 08:15

Hmm, just got an email from the auther of the email fileshare program & he says its no longer supported, he has removed the website & would I like the delphi code to take over the program?

Not programming in delphi I wouldnt have a clue, but if it works the code might be handy to get a mate to tweak it.