F*EX feature list
- file transfer of virtually unlimited file size
- recipient and sender only need an e-mail program and a web browser -
of any kind, they do not have to install any software
(the F*EX server itself is UNIX based)
- 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 one time upload URLs for foreign users
- full-users can create sub-users, who can send only to this full-user
- full-users can create groups, an analogy to mailing lists, but for files
- admin can allow (internal or external) user self-registration
- admin can allow upload to public recipients without authentification
- admin can allow upload for LAN users without registration
(anonymous upload)
- user can forward a file to a second recipient without re-uploading it
- user can forward a received file without download
- adminstration by CLI or Web
- server based user address books
- user and admin can throttle bandwith usage
- admin can restrict access based on e-mail or ip addresses
- sending to multiple recipients needs storage on the server only once
- quotas for sending and receiving
- support for named based virtual hosts
(multiple server instances with different hostnames on same IP)
- support for streams, including streaming recursive file transfer
- support for file linking (upload just a link, not the file itself)
- integrated web server with special features:
- HTML with inline perl code
- HTML with conditional if..then..elseif..end blocks
- HTML with include statement
- on-the-fly zip, tar and tgz streaming output
- (restricted) directory file viewer
- for real UNIX users, there are the shell programs
fexsend and
fexget
to avoid annoying web browser usage and with a lot of additional
features,
also there is an Internet clipboard
and anonymous usage
- protocol and source-code free available
- localization for
many languanges available
- optional authentification by LDAP, RADIUS, POP, IMAP, mailman
- server available for UNIX and Windows hosts
- about 10 times faster than apache
- very low memory usage
- (reverse) proxy support
- F*EX is a HTTP web-service and needs no firewall-tunnels
- works with NAT or DHCP clients, too
- postfix filter available to send
e-mails with attachments of any size
- maintenance-free: no admin interaction necessary
- minimal software & hardware requirements for the server
- no external database necessary, but possible (LDAP)
- full IPv6 support
- easy server installation, no installation necessary on client side
- great FAQ, use cases
and detailed internal documentation