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- WFTPD230.ZIP Windows FTP server 2.30 for Winsock 1.1 / 2.0
- 32WFD230.ZIP Windows FTP server 2.30 for Winsock 1.1 / 2.0
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- Uploaded by the author.
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- Do you want to turn your Windows 3.1, Windows 95 or Windows NT machine
- into an FTP site? Take a tip from the book "Setting Up An Internet
- Site For Dummies":
-
- "Several good shareware FTP server programs are available for Microsoft
- Windows. The one to trust is WFTPD by [Texas Imperial Software]"
-
- Try WFTPD, by Texas Imperial Software (that's us). A trial version
- (with only minor restrictions) is available from
- http://www.abol.com/texas/index.html . The full version costs only $20
- per licence, with big discounts for large volumes.
-
- WFTPD is the only FTP server to be picked by PC Computing magazine as
- one of their "Internet All-Stars Best 1001 Free Downloads From The Web",
- and is in use at over 3000 sites (as of October 1996), with tens,
- perhaps hundreds, of thousands of individual users. (see the July 1996
- issue of PC Computing, or visit http://www.pccomputing.com for details)
- To illustrate the quality of WFTPD, I might mention that this program
- is in use at the following companies' premises:
- Microsoft; ID Software (they wrote DOOM and Quake); Office Depot
-
- WFTPD is also consistently the highest rated FTP server, with (for
- example) 5 stars in the ZDNet Software library (http://www.zdnet.com),
- 5 cows at The Ultimate Collection Of Winsock Software
- (http://www.tucows.com) and 3.5 stars at the Stroud Consummate Winsock
- Apps site (http://www.cwsapps.com).
-
- Some of the new features in WFTPD:
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- o support for the most popular Unix 'ls' command-line switches - useful
- (even vital) if you want your site to be mirrored using standard
- software
- o wildcard expansion inside path components - good news for you Xerox
- Docutech users!
- o additional Win95 and NT 4.0 user-interface features
- o activity monitor, allowing immediate disconnect of unruly users
- o safety shutdown - waits till users have finished before closing WFTPD
- down
- o sound alert, to inform you of users logging in or out
- o may be installed as a service under Windows NT, and will not be
- automatically killed when you log out
-
- These features have been in WFTPD for many versions now, and were
- mostly introduced to the Windows FTP server market by WFTPD (space
- prevents me from listing all features available):
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- Compatibility features:
- o strict compliance with Internet RFCs 959 and 1123.
- o extra FTP commands SIZE and MDTM supported
- o multi-homed site support
- o resume interrupted transfers
- o support for non-standard ports
- o works through most firewalls
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- Usability features:
- o easy-to-read help file ("The first help file I read all the way
- through", as one user told me)
- o intuitive yet powerful user interface, following Microsoft's
- Interface Guidelines
- o configurable logging of all client actions, to screen and/or file
- o customisable messages on login, logout, and change of directory
- o all FTP responses can be customised/translated using resource editors
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- Security features:
- o host/network-based acceptance/denial of login
- o idle/hung connection timeout
- o maximum user count
- o "read-only" operating mode
- o individual user rights on directories
- o hidden operation - can be run invisibly
- o author won't mention your company's name in adverts without asking
- your permission (a job security feature for you)
-
- As the first standalone FTP server for Windows (and now for Windows 95
- and NT), WFTPD has a long history of speed and stability. As a fast,
- stable FTP server, it is in place at major national and international
- Internet Service Providers, phone service companies, software and
- hardware manufacturers, tool shops, space agencies, Universities and
- even Realtors' offices. The author's writing style was so admired by
- even his major competitors that some of them have felt compelled to
- cut and paste from the WFTPD documentation into theirs.
-
- Despite the author working only part time for much of this product's
- development, most of WFTPD's features were first offered to Windows
- users by WFTPD, and many are even now not offered by other FTP servers
- for Windows. The author now works full time on developing and
- supporting WFTPD, another advantage that is not present on many other
- Windows FTP servers.
-
- Upgrade announcements will be sent out to all registered users of
- current versions of WFTPD, at which point they may download and install
- the new version for free. The price of the licence for WFTPD includes
- the first year's maintenance and upgrades. If you are a registered
- user and have not received your upgrade announcement a week after this
- message is first sent out, please email me at alun@texis.com.
-
- Texas Imperial Software recently acquired its newest member, Colin
- Lester Jones (born 5/17-18/96) - buy WFTPD and help pay for baby to get
- some new shoes!
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