2 <HEAD><TITLE>F*EX feature list</TITLE></HEAD>
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4 <h1><a href="/">F*EX</a> feature list</h1>
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6 <li>file transfer of virtually unlimited file size
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7 <li>recipient and sender only need an e-mail program and a web browser -
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8 of any kind, they do not have to install any software<br>
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9 (the F*EX server itself is UNIX based)
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10 <li>RESEND and REGET for resuming after link failures at last sent byte
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11 <li>auto-notification of recipient
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12 <li>auto-deletion after download
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13 <li>auto-deletion after expiration date (default: 5 days)
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14 <li>full-users can create one time upload URLs for foreign users
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15 <li>full-users can create sub-users, who can send only to this full-user
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16 <li>full-users can create groups, an analogy to mailing lists, but for files
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17 <li>admin can allow (internal or external) user self-registration
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18 <li>admin can allow upload to public recipients without authentification
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19 <li>admin can allow upload for LAN users without registration
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20 (<a href="/usecases/anonymous.html">anonymous upload</a>)
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21 <li>user can forward a file to a second recipient without re-uploading it
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22 <li>user can forward a received file without download
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23 <li>adminstration by CLI or Web
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24 <li>server based user address books
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25 <li>user and admin can throttle bandwith usage
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26 <li>admin can restrict access based on e-mail or ip addresses
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27 <li>sending to multiple recipients needs storage on the server only once
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28 <li>quotas for sending and receiving
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29 <li>support for named based virtual hosts
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30 (multiple server instances with different hostnames on same IP)
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31 <li>support for streams, including streaming recursive file transfer
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32 <li>support for file linking (upload just a link, not the file itself)
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33 <li>integrated web server with special features:
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35 <li>HTML with inline perl code
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36 <li>HTML with conditional if..then..elseif..end blocks
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37 <li>HTML with include statement
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38 <li>on-the-fly zip, tar and tgz streaming output
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39 <li>(restricted) directory file viewer
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41 <li>for real UNIX users, there are the shell programs
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42 <a href="/fstools/fexsend.html">fexsend</a> and
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43 <a href="/fstools/fexget.html">fexget</a><br>
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44 to avoid annoying web browser usage and with a lot of additional
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46 also there is an <a href="/usecases/xx.html">Internet clipboard</a>
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47 and <a href="/usecases/anonymous.html">anonymous usage</a>
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48 <li><a href="/fex.html">protocol and source-code free available</a>
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49 <li>localization for <a href="http://fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de:8080/">
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50 many languanges</a> available
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51 <li>optional authentification by LDAP, RADIUS, POP, IMAP, mailman
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52 <li>server available for UNIX and Windows hosts
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53 <li>about 10 times faster than apache
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54 <li><b>very</b> low memory usage
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55 <li>(reverse) proxy support
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56 <li>F*EX is a HTTP web-service and needs no firewall-tunnels
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57 <li>works with NAT or DHCP clients, too
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58 <li><a href="/usecases/BIGMAIL.html">postfix filter</a> available to send
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59 e-mails with attachments of <b>any</b> size
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60 <li>maintenance-free: no admin interaction necessary
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61 <li>minimal software & hardware requirements for the server
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62 <li>no external database necessary, but possible (LDAP)
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63 <li>full IPv6 support
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64 <li>easy server installation, no installation necessary on client side
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65 <li>great <a href="/FAQ/">FAQ</a>, <a href="/usecases/">use cases</a>
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66 and detailed <a href="/doc/concept">internal documentation</a>
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