MailScanner ANNOUNCE: Dropoff

[Jules Field]

On 14/06/2010 22:17, Jules Field wrote:
>
>
> On 14/06/2010 21:53, Brad Beckenhauer wrote:
>> I downloaded the dropoff vm.
>> Since the download site did not list if the vm was 32-bit or 64-bit, 
>> I used 64-bit and it started ok.  It also may become more important 
>> later to also list what version of Ubanto was used to create the vm 
>> or include the configuration file in the zip file.
>> After logging in I tried running the "sudo su -" command, entered the 
>> password and kept getting back "dropoff is not in the sudoers file....".
> Balls. Could swear I tested that. Clearly not. It's a 64-bit VM, 
> you're quite right. What configuration file were you thinking of to 
> include in the zip file?
>
> You should be able to boot it with "init=/bin/sh" on the end of the 
> kernel command line and break in that way, then force a new root 
> password with "passwd root". At which point you should be able to 
> reboot and then log in as root anyway.
I've just done it myself, and I'll fix the VMDK image first thing 
tomorrow morning (after all the other things I've promised to people 
first thing tomorrow morning!). It's getting the image off my vSphere 
right now.

>> I'm calling it a day here.  Looking forward to giving dropoff a trial 
>> run.
> I'm probably going to rename it ZendTo. (The domain names are available)
>
> Jules.
>
>> thank you
>> brad
>>
>> >>> On 6/12/2010 at 10:11 AM, in message 
>> <EMEW3|bee9c7813b8ef9e47abc6f36b6120ec1m5BGB20bMailScanner|ecs.soton.ac.uk|4C13A385.1020503 at ecs.soton.ac.uk>, 
>> Jules Field <MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
>> The Scenario:
>>
>> You have installed MailScanner at your site to protect all your users
>> and clients from all sorts of dangerous email content.
>> Okay so far.
>> But your users need to be able to send large files, executables, and all
>> sorts of other things that they used to try to send by email. Some of
>> these are restricted by MailScanner, others (such as large files) are
>> restricted by your email system's capacity.
>> And your users also need to be able to receive files from other sites
>> around the world, without having any username/password access to your
>> systems.
>> And it needs to be secure.
>>
>> So your users need to be able to send and receive all sort of files and
>> email is not the right tool for the job.
>>
>> Say "Hello!" to Dropoff.
>>
>> This is a simple web-based system where your users can send and receive
>> files to and from anyone in the world, and yet it can't be used for
>> public warez or porn sharing.
>>
>> Anyone in the world can send files to you (but not to the rest of the
>> world), and your users can send files to anyone in the world. All
>> uploaded files are scanned for viruses, so it's safe. Authentication of
>> your users can be done via Active Directory, LDAP, IMAP or a static
>> file. It's small, light-weight, simple and safe. It's all written in PHP
>> so you can read the source and add or change features as you desire.
>>
>> Take a look at
>>              www.dropoff.me
>> where you can read about it and download it.
>>
>> It's entirely free and open source, of course.
>>
>> Note: I did not write all of this. Dropoff is my fork of the "Dropbox"
>> package originally written at the University of Delaware. I have added
>> new features and fixed some bugs. I intend to continue developing it as
>> needed.
>>
>> Let me know what you think!
>>
>> Jules
>>
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> Jules
>

Jules

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