OT - Outbound mail server integrated with FTP

[Dave Shariff Yadallee - System Administrator a.k.a. The Root of the Problem]

On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 11:36:57AM -0500, John Schmerold wrote:
> I'm looking for a solution to the problem of large (often duplicated) 
> email attachments. It seems to me that a simple solution to the problem 
> is to have a specially configured outbound mail server that detaches 
> attachments from any email greater than 50K, generates an ftp account 
> and inerts a message at top of the email saying "go to 
> ftp://un:pw@ftpserver.com for attachment referenced in this email.
> 
> If the server was really smart, it would generate a CRC of each outbound 
> attachment so duplicates could be stored as one file.
> 
> Anyone see anything like this? I've been doing some Googling, without 
> great success.
>

FTP By Mail used to exist but was a bit unpopular.
 
> John Schmerold
> 
> Katy Computer & Wireless
> 20 Meramec Station Rd
> Valley Park MO 63088
> 636-861-6900 v
> 775-227-6947 f 
> 
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