Neither FTP nor WCF/MTOM will give you File-Watcher semantics. However, if you are not within a local area network, then File-Watcher is out anyway.
I've been using WSE3/MTOM for a couple of years now, and it's very good. FTP is also very very good. I've never profiled them side-by-side but I would expect FTP to be faster as a raw transport, since it's overhead is so small compared to a SOAP envelope. Probably WCF/MTOM performance is better than WSE3/MTOM (not even mentioning that WSE3 is not being worked on by MS anymore). I personally prefer a programmatic interface instead of an FTP interface when I'm automating a repeatable process, but you do have the implement the logic. =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
