Date:         Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:52:58 -0600
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      ETKA_7 -  File Sharing and File Servers
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With the thread about downloading ETKA-7 going on, I am posting this
just for further information. It is a bit of a different subject however.

There are two free software programs that can be downloaded from the
internet to handle files. One is a file server called Filezilla Client,
and the other is called Filezilla Server.

Filezilla Client is a nice FTP program that works well for uploading and
downloading files to and from a server on the internet.

Filezilla Server is server software that can be installed o your
computer at home and used to allow others to upload and download
directly to your personal computer. This allows the transfer of big
files that otherwise are difficult to manage any other way short of
putting it on a DVD and mailing it off to someone.

Once installed, you can set up a client account for anyone, which
includes a UserID and a Password, and with that, they can log onto your
computer directly to their account folder and download whatever file(s)
you have put there for them. If you give certain other permissions,
files can also be erased after download, and files can be uploaded. If
you assign individual accounts you control who gets on your computer.
You can also set up an anonymous account which will allow anyone to log
onto your computer. I simply don't do that . It's use is restricted to
friends, and associates I know. This system works really well.  On my
computer, data packets must pass through two different firewalls, so
files are checked thoroughly for viruses, etc, both going and coming.

I have friends in a number of other countries and we send files back and
fourth this way all the time. It works really well. S9ometimes it's a
little slow on their end due to technical limitations sometimes, as they
don''t all have broadband, but other than that, it works great.

So, with Filezilla, upon request, I can upload a file, set an account,
e-mail the account info - INCLUDING my numerical IP address - to the
requester and the requester can log on, download, and copy it to a
CD/DVD. It's done.

I have done this with some Vanagon List members and it works well.

Hope this is of help to someone.

Regards,

John