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F*EX (Frams' Fast File EXchange) is a service to send big (large, huge,
giant, ...) files from a user A to a user B.
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-The sender uploads the file to the F*EX server using a
+The sender uploads the file to the F*EX server using a
<a href="/fup">WWW upload form</a> and the recipient
-automatically gets a notification e-mail with a download-URL.
+automatically gets a notification e-mail with a download-URL.
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You say:
You still need F*EX :-)
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For example, you want to send your friend your last holiday video (1 GB).
You have the following possibilities (and problems):<p>
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<li><h3>sending a DVD by postal service</h3><p>
- Out of the question - we live in the year
- <<my @x=gmtime(time); $x[5]-69;>>
+ Out of the question - we live in the year
+ <<my @x=gmtime(time); $x[5]-69;>>
after invention of the internet!
Sending media (hardware) is for grandpas.
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<li>Who else can download your file?
<li>Who else can delete your file?
<li>You have to send your friend the download-URL, he has to
- inform you about the successful download, you have to delete
+ inform you about the successful download, you have to delete
it afterwards.<br>
All in all: a pain in the ass.
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<li>Very few http servers can handle files greater than 2 GB
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- <li><h3><a href ="http://fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/saft/">
+ <li><h3><a href ="http://fex.belwue.de/saft/">
sendfile</a></h3><p>
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<li>You run UNIX and have sendfile installed?
Authentication is the same as with F*EX.
<h2>Still questions?</h2>
-See the <a href="/FAQ/FAQ.html">FAQ</a>
-and the <a href="http://fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/usecases/">use cases</a>.
+See the <a href="http://fex.belwue.de/features.html">full feature list</a>,
+the <a href="/FAQ/FAQ.html">FAQ</a>
+and the <a href="http://fex.belwue.de/usecases/">use cases</a>.
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<ADDRESS>contact: <A HREF="mailto:$SERVER_ADMIN$">fexmaster</A></ADDRESS>
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