MailScanner ANNOUNCE: Dropoff
Jules Field
MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Tue Jun 15 22:04:36 IST 2010
On 15/06/2010 21:29, Brent Addis wrote:
> Sorry no idea what you mean by no competition. Xenserver eats vmware
> for Lunch. We have multiple clients with more than 1 rack of
> xenservers in a pool, often with offsite rdundant mirrors, with fibre
> sans and multipathing. Probably what you are using too?
>
> I'm going to perform a conversion for our own use internally
>
If you fancy documenting how to convert it from a VMWare image to a
Xenserver image, that would be good!
Thanks,
Jules.
> On 15/06/2010, at 8:48 AM, "Jules Field"<MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk>
> wrote:
>
>
>> Not right now, thanks. I use VMWare as if you want to run a decent
>> sized
>> installation (we currently have about 1 rack full of it) there doesn't
>> appear to be much competition.
>>
>> I've got a whole load of other things to do right now.
>>
>> Thanks for the offer anyway, try me again in a few months.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jules.
>>
>> On 14/06/2010 20:33, Brent Addis wrote:
>>
>>> Would you like a xenserver version? I have an aversion to vmware. I
>>> come up with spots at the mere thought of it.
>>>
>>> On 14/06/2010, at 8:53 PM, "Julian Field"
>>> <MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk> 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
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>
>>>>>>> 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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>>>>>>>
>>>>> Jules
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Jules
>>>>
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