FTP Servers

Dear Friends,

I'll be setting up an apache Server (2.0.53) in a few weeks. I'd like
to get a 'friendly' (read cheap or free) FTP Server to work on both a
Win98SE machine (for testing) and later on a Win XP Pro machine.

Any suggesrtions please ??

-Mel

Mel Smith said:

> Dear Friends,
>
> I'll be setting up an apache Server (2.0.53) in a few weeks. I'd like
> to get a 'friendly' (read cheap or free) FTP Server to work on both a
> Win98SE machine (for testing) and later on a Win XP Pro machine.
>
> Any suggesrtions please ??
>

Bulletproof

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Eggs

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On 09 Mar 2005, "Mel Smith" <medsyntel@aol.com> wrote in
news:398sraF60088mU1@individual.net:

> Any suggesrtions please ??

Check out WarFTPd (http://www.warftp.org/) and Filezilla Server
(http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/).

Eggs & Nil,

Thanks for the suggestions !

-Mel

Eggs & Nil,

I've downloaded bothe Bulletproof and WarFTP, and have tried them.

Comments:

Bulletproof installed perfectly for 15 days and then it will stop before
I pay a small shareware fee

WarFTP did not install properly, but the executable (WDM.EXE) 'appears'
to work correctly and it is free.

Will have to mull on which system is best for me as I get up to speed.

My need is to service 8 small related companies and some of their
employees in sending stock levels and additions/deletions from the branches
to the 'head' company.

-Mel

On 10 Mar 2005, "Mel Smith" <medsyntel@aol.com> wrote in
news:39b8dqF602ideU1@individual.net:

> I've downloaded bothe Bulletproof and WarFTP, and have tried them.

I should have made a note that I prefer Filezilla Server over
WarFTP. WarFTP is somewhat half-baked, IMO, and the author has been
promising big improvents and refinements for many years, but has
done very little. It works pretty well, though, and the way it
handles users and permissions is good. Filezilla is being very
actively developed and there are frequent fixes and improvements,
which counts for something in my book. It's user/permissions
paradign is a little more confusing than War's

Still, both do the job reasonably well.

Good luck.

Mel Smith said:

> Eggs & Nil,
>
> I've downloaded bothe Bulletproof and WarFTP, and have tried them.
>
> Comments:
>
> Bulletproof installed perfectly for 15 days and then it will stop before
> I pay a small shareware fee
>
> WarFTP did not install properly, but the executable (WDM.EXE) 'appears'
> to work correctly and it is free.
>
> Will have to mull on which system is best for me as I get up to speed.
>
> My need is to service 8 small related companies and some of their
> employees in sending stock levels and additions/deletions from the branches
> to the 'head' company.
>
> -Mel

Hi Mel... as to Bulletproof, I've had it (registered) since it was known as
Gene6. It's always performed up to my expectations, and although I no
longer use it for any online FTPing, I use it on my internal network. You
asked for "free or cheap", so I offered "cheap". The cost is reasonable
IMO, and you don't have to worry about paying more down the road for
updates. =)

--
Eggs

Can you be a closet claustrophobic?

Nil & Eggs,

Thanks again for the additional notes. Will not exclude either of these
packages until I get more familiarity with both (and probably I'll look into
FileZilla too).

-Mel

"Mel Smith" <medsyntel@aol.com> wrote in
news:39bu58F5uk3ibU1@individual.net:

> Nil & Eggs,
>
> Thanks again for the additional notes. Will not exclude either of
> these
> packages until I get more familiarity with both (and probably I'll
> look into FileZilla too).
>
I haven't used Filezilla as much as WarFTP, but it seems to be more stable.

Desperately needs someone who can design a user interface better than a
chimp, though.

--
Terry Austin
www.hyperbooks.com
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Terry says (in part):

> I haven't used Filezilla as much as WarFTP, but it seems to be more
stable.

Terry,

I've tried three times today (and tonite) to download:

FileZilla_2_2_12_setup.exe (from the sourceforge suggested mirrors.
Since, I'm in Arizona, I used two mirror sites, but all I keep getting is
the advertisements at the top of the screen -- the download never starts !
(Tried everytnig under the sun(and moon) but no Joy ! )

I'm getting a bit frustrated here. Any suggestions ??

-Mel