OT: Free Hosting for Big files. SOLVED

[Verde Denim]

On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 9:07 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> On 04/24/2010 05:13 PM, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> ...
> > I'm late to the game but has anyone suggested fex (in the repos for
> > 10.04)?
> > Here's the description from synaptic:
> >
> > F*EX (Frams's Fast File EXchange) is a service that can be used to allow
> > users anywhere on the Internet to exchange very large files quickly and
> > conveniently.
> >
> > The sender uploads the file to the F*EX-server and the recipient
> > automatically gets a notification e-mail with a download-URL.
> >
> > Main features of F*EX:
> >
> >  * file transfer of virtually unlimited file size
> >  * sender and recipient only need an e-mail program and a web browser
> >    (of any kind; they do not have to install any software)
> >  * RESEND and REGET for resuming after link failures at last sent byte
> >  * auto-notification of recipient
> >  * auto-deletion after download
> >  * auto-deletion after expiration date (default: 5 days)
> >  * full-users can create sub-users, who can send only to this full-user
> >  * maintenance-free: no administration necessary beyond creating new
> >    F*EX accounts
> >  * multiple recipients only require one stored copy
> >  * F*EX uses HTTP and needs no firewall tunnels
> >  * support for streams, too (SEX: Stream EXchange)
> >  * shell clients provided for commandline users: fexsend and fexget.
> >    (fex-utils package)
>
> That's interesting. However I'm unclear on the concept of where the F*EX
> server resides - too much sun today I guess :-)
>
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/fex
> http://fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/
> http://fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/FAQ.html
> http://fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/fup
>
> Based on the urls above, I'd say Germany (.de) but the .rus in the url
might indicate otherwise, unless that's a part of the domain name for the
F*EX site proper (if not, I'd guess Russia although their suffix is actually
.ru)...

Regards

Jack

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