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jwfv · Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 3:46 pm Post subject: Sending files - options

I have a program that my users (remote agents of our main business) use to send files to us and then receive files back.

I started by using FTP and this worked well, until I began running into more and more firewall problems.

Then I added an option for those agents to send files via email and retrieve their files via HTTP GET.

That worked okay for most, but I have a couple who are now running into problems with sending the emails. (Everyone's system is getting tighter and tighter with anti-virus, anti-spyware, etc. D**n the spammers.)

Anyway - what other options do I have? Has anyone used an HTTP POST command for sending files automatically? I don't know what HTML programming would be required on our site for that. Any direct TCP methods of exchanging files? Again, I'm not a web programming expert.

Any advice or help is appreciated --

Joe

henrywood · Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 5:59 pm Post subject:

I think that VDSIPP is an option.

You may wish to encode the contents of the agent's file (by using vdsbase64.dll) before making the HTTP POST and then on the server side decode it and write back to the file system. I have done this before and it worked ok, but please note that this is off of the top of my mind

Hope this helps

Henrik

PGWARE · **Web Host** Joined: 29 Dec 2001 Posts: 1565

Take a look at the TFTP (trivial file transport protocol) within the vdsipp.dll extension, you can use any port such as port 80 so it may be able to bypass firewalls configured to block by port.

It's also very easy to use and allows both uploading/downloading from/to your server system. You can also have it use your own password system if you wish as well.