MailScanner ANNOUNCE: Dropoff

Julian Field jkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Fri Jun 18 08:36:42 IST 2010 

I can try building a 32-bit version for you, but you will probably be limited to 2 Gbyte uploads. If that's not a problem for you, then I can do that. I probably won't have time to do it today as I've got a load of other things on right now, but if you're lucky I *might* do it this weekend.

Out of Interest, why are you not moving to 64-bit? Modern CPUs have been able to run 64-bit for quite a long time now. What's the advantage?
-- 
Jules
Sent from my iPad over 3G :-)

On 18 Jun 2010, at 08:21 AM, "Mogens Melander" <mogens at fumlersoft.dk> wrote:

> 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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