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A Painless Solution To Using Large Email Attachements
As long as I’ve been in IT, users have demanded the capability to email files. It is tremendously convenient but leaves much to be desired for IT personnel in charge of messaging systems.
Typically email attachment sizes are limited. Users complain when attempting to email huge spread sheets or media content if they are denied due to size restrictions.
Typically the solution has been FTP. However FTP generally leaves much to be desired for the average user. It requires the maintenance of accounts. Some people are restricted by local policy and firewalls. Browser support for FTP is weak. FTP servers must generally be maintained or entropy sets in and they become an administrative and security nightmare.
Enter Allard Software’s Filetransfer Appliance.
It works like this: When a user has the need to send a large attachment they point their web browser to the File Transfer server. They get a page with a form to send an email. They fill in To:, Subject:, and their message. They then browse the file and click upload. Then they can send the email. The recipient gets the email which contains a link to download the file. The file expires after a set period of time. The recipient receives a notification when the file is downloaded. That’s it! Beautifully efficient and simple!
Filetransfer Appliance is a piece of cake to set up. It installs as a VMWare appliance – meaning the software is already installed and configured. All you need to do is boot the VM, give it a hostname and set your IP address. There are a few configuration options including your mail server and Active Directory integration so users can authenticate with their AD credentials.
The device can use SSL with your own certificate or a self signed certificate if you choose.
Support is highly responsive from the developer himself.
The device is incredibly inexpensive, licensing starts under $100 for 10 users and their is a FREE 3 user demo.
Haven’t tried this application, but used Otengo . Great software. Very easy to use, and works like any email application
Thanks Qing. We liked this app because the end user doesn’t have to use an application, they can simply click a link in their email. The downloads are also time stamped, etc – so there is a lot of administrative control. We’re going to check this out though, we may have some other applications this would be great for.
Thanks. Would love to read one of your reviews of this software.