MailScanner ANNOUNCE: Dropoff

[Julian Field]

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Jules
Sent from my iPad over 3G :-)

On 18 Jun 2010, at 10:16 PM, "Rick Cooper" <rcooper at dwford.com> wrote:

> ----Original Message----
> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Julian
> Field Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 3:37 AM To: MailScanner discussion
> Subject: Re: MailScanner ANNOUNCE: Dropoff
> 
>> 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.  
> 
> If you do you may want to look at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=48886,

That patch uses floating point numbers to represent integer values, yuck :-(

Jules


> IIRC
> it can be applied to 5.3.o but I am not sure
> If it has been successfully appied to  to later versions or not. I have been
> thinking of trying it but haven't gotten
> Around to it since I get around the various stat/filesize/etc with a custom
> function that handles any size the os can
> Handle.
> 
> 
>> 
>> 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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