Hey,
I need a piece of software that allows my clients to easily send me
files over broadband.
The program must
? preferably be foss (free open source software) or at least reasonably priced
? no adware/spyware/virus/malware
? have little or no settings visible to the user (ideally I'd like to
pre-configure the app I give my clients so they just select their file
and hit go)
? must be able to pause and resume the transfer.
? must perform some sort of error check
? cannot allow my clients to see each others files - not even file
names or each others usernames
? must work on both mac and pc, and the server side preferably be linux, but
other os's would be fine
? must be software based (and not an appliance like digidesign's
digidelivery) - although all the other features of this solution make
it ideal
? average file size i'm expecting to receive is about 1gb so should be
able to handle up to say 4gb without any issues
? must be reasonably sane on any firewall settings my clients need to
open - desirably none
? if its pay for, should have little/no cost on how many copies of the
client software I distribute.
? can be java based - this is only a potential suggestion, not a
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Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
19 Jul 2006 05:07 PDT
This isn't exactly what you had in mind, but have you considered a
service like yousendit:
https://www.yousendit.com
Your clients can easily send files up to 1 GB, and you are
automatically emailed a link for downloading the file. The link is
viable for seven days.
The service itself if free, though they also offer a Business Plan by
subscription for larger files, longer-lasting links, and so on.
Let me know if that's useful at all.
pafalafa-ga
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Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
19 Jul 2006 05:22 PDT
P.S. Even though yousendit has a "Login" option, there is no need for
your clients to sign up to yousendit. All they have to do is visit
the above link, and enter the file name and email address to send the
file to.
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Clarification of Question by
bumblecns-ga
on
19 Jul 2006 05:38 PDT
Hey thanks for our comments Pafalafa-ga, I'd seen them amongst
companies similar, however the pause and resuming is exceedingly
important and most my clients are on ADSL lines in the UK so their
upstream is significantly lower than their down, thus the additional
time means my clients would not be amused with a browser crash or
something similar.
Something like Pando would be ideal if it wasn't in beta
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Request for Question Clarification by
keystroke-ga
on
04 Aug 2006 05:01 PDT
Why dont you set up an FTP server?
http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/
Install the server at your office, get the client to install the
client, give them set up details and get them save the config and then
each time they need to upload files to you it will log in for them and
they will be password protected and able to transfer and resume file
transfers without a problem.
--Keystroke-ga
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