* Frank Lusardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> So, as I wrote earlier, replying to another response to my question, >> all the people who are wanting to use e-mail to transfer files--and >> clutter up The Bat! with an HTML text editor--could just transfer them >> using FTP. Excellent solution! :)
> Alas, no. Say you want to transfer a file to me, using FTP. > Either you would have to allow me to connect directly to your > computer, or I would have to let you connect to mine. This would > be a _big_ security problem, and possibly impossible, depending > upon how you are connected to the internet. Yes. And standard FTP doesn't encrypt passwords. IMHO FTP is not an option. > Dropping the file into an email allows me to transfer it to you > without you and I making any direct connections. Would that things > were simpler! :( The problem is that base64 encoding wastes a lot of bandwith. You could use SAFT instead: http://www.belwue.de/projekte/saft/index-us.html -- Beste Gr��e, Carsten ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
