MailScanner ANNOUNCE: Dropoff

[Brent Addis]

Can do

On 16/06/2010, at 9:12 AM, "Jules Field" <MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk>
wrote:

>
>
> 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
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>> Brent Addis
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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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