MailScanner ANNOUNCE: Dropoff

[Julian Field]

I'm afraid a 32-bit version is not going to be very high on my priority 
list, when everyone else in the world is adopting 64-bit if they haven't 
already.

What's stopping you running the 64-bit version?

On 15/06/2010 13:00, Dimitri Yioulos wrote:
> Jules,
>
> Thanks so much for this handy new tool!
>
> Ours is a 32-bit shop.  I know you're frightfully
> busy, but Is there any chance you can create a
> 32-bit virtual machine version?
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Dimitri
>
>
> On Monday 14 June 2010 4:41:09 am Julian Field
> wrote:
>    
>> I have just uploaded the VMWare disk image of a
>> fully functional Dropoff system. There are some
>> docs on the Dropoff.me website that will tell
>> you how to configure it for your site once
>> you've built a VM around it.
>>
>> Jules.
>>
>> On 13/06/2010 20:45, Jules Field wrote:
>>      
>>> I'm just about to put up a VMDK (i.e. VMWare
>>> virtual disk image) of it, which will save
>>> you all a lot of work configuring it and
>>> fixing bugs in PHP that prevent large
>>> uploads.
>>>
>>> The documentation text is already written,
>>> I've just got to get the VMDK off my vSphere.
>>>
>>> Jules.
>>>
>>> On 13/06/2010 20:36, Jason Ede wrote:
>>>        
>>>> It looks fantastic Jules, will definitely
>>>> download it and have a play.
>>>>
>>>> Jason
>>>>
>>>>          
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From:
>>>>> mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
>>>>> [mailto:mailscanner-
>>>>> bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf
>>>>> Of Jules Field Sent: 13 June 2010 19:30
>>>>> To: MailScanner discussion
>>>>> Subject: Re: MailScanner ANNOUNCE: Dropoff
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the comment.
>>>>>
>>>>> As for integrating it, that counts as 'user
>>>>> front-end interface' in MailScanner, which
>>>>> is an area I have never got involved in. So
>>>>> it will remain a separate project for the
>>>>> time being, albeit one which MailScanner
>>>>> admins might like to install for their
>>>>> users' benefit.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jules.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 13/06/2010 05:11, Supun Rathnayake wrote:
>>>>>            
>>>>>> Hi jules,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you very much for the interesting
>>>>>> tool, very much essential for the obvious
>>>>>> reasons that you have explained.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is just an idea, how about
>>>>>> integrating this tool with
>>>>>>              
>>>>> MailScanner
>>>>>
>>>>>            
>>>>>> for quarantine management.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Supun.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 06/12/2010 08:41 PM, Jules Field 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
>>>>>>>                
>>>>> Jules
>>>>>
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