Hi, We often need to transfer large files to people who's mailbox-quota is limited. For regular transfers I have made ftp-accounts, but that is not allways an option: many people just WANT to use email for file transfer, and there's no point in creating temporary ftp-account for a every single file transfer (and then having to teach on phone to someone in the other side of the country how to install and use the ftp-client programm).
So I've come to think a new idea: whyt not use MIMEDefang's action_replace_wiht_url to create a email + web-based file transfer system that works with commands on Subject-line. Something like this: Create mimedefang-filter that checks for a "magic word" in Subject-line and when it is found, does the following: 1) Create a hash of the first attachement (or all the attachements) 2) Create a web-accessible directory named with this hash. 3) Copy all the attachements to this directory, preserving the original filenames (This is important!) 4) Replace attachements with url http://webserver.com/hash/ 5) Remove "magic word" from the Subject-line Example: I want to send a 30MB file to [EMAIL PROTECTED], whose mailbox is only 2MB. Now I send the file as attachement, if I add [magic] to Subject line: Subject: [magic] Here's the project data John Smith then receives a (tiny) message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Here's the project data Message: Hi, you will find the files from the following address: http://webserver.com/dh34hs45fbikjomeociw/ But how to do this? I have tested only the "standard" filter that measures the size of the attachement: # Save HUGE attachements to webserver $size = (stat($entity->bodyhandle->path))[7]; if ($size > 1000000) { return action_replace_with_url($entity, "/var/www/webserver.com/attachements", "http://webserver.com/attachements";, "message...\n" . "_URL_\n\n"); } With my limited programming skills I can't modify the script myself, so I just throw the idea here and hope that someone grabs it :-) JOna _______________________________________________ Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.canit.ca MIMEDefang mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang
