MailScanner ANNOUNCE: Dropoff

[Mogens Melander]

Well, i'm all 32-bit, as are my customers. So i guess i'm not
getting to try out this thing anytime soon ;^)

On Tue, June 15, 2010 15:09, Julian Field wrote:
> 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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>>>>
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