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**Administrator's Group will allow this user to add new users and modify the system
**Administrator's Group will allow this user to add new users and modify the system
**Registered Users Group will allow the user to log in and upload files to be delivered to other users
**Registered Users Group will allow the user to log in and upload files to be delivered to other users
***This group is where you should put your staff
**Unregistered Users are not allowed to send files, only receive them
**Unregistered Users are not allowed to send files, only receive them
***A recipient does not have to be registered in order to download files sent to him
***A recipient does not have to be registered in order to download files sent to him
***This group is largely unused, but would be where you would normally put users external to your organization
*If the user's preferred language is not English, set it here
*If the user's preferred language is not English, set it here
*Ensure the Active setting is selected, and press the Add button
*Ensure the Active setting is selected, and press the Add button

Revision as of 14:46, 17 July 2012

  • The Computerisms mail server will reject any mails larger than 10 MB, this utility will let you send those files with ease
  • This application maintains its own independent database of users and passwords.

Setting up Users on the Computerisms Large File Transfer Utility

  • Go to https://fetch.domain.tld and accept the Security Certificate
  • Enter the Administrative Email address as User name, the associated email password, and click Login
    • The Administrative Email address and its password will be supplied to you when we contact you to let you know your domain is set up
  • In the next window, click the Administration link
  • Select the Users icon
  • Click the Add User icon
  • Set the login name
    • Note this does not have to be in the format of an email address
    • The advantage to using an email address as a login name is your users will not have to remember a different login name for this service.
  • Set the Password
    • You can set the password to be the same as the user's email password, but updating the email password will not update this password
  • Enter the user's Full Name
  • Enter the user's Email Address
  • Set the Group for this user:
    • Administrator's Group will allow this user to add new users and modify the system
    • Registered Users Group will allow the user to log in and upload files to be delivered to other users
      • This group is where you should put your staff
    • Unregistered Users are not allowed to send files, only receive them
      • A recipient does not have to be registered in order to download files sent to him
      • This group is largely unused, but would be where you would normally put users external to your organization
  • If the user's preferred language is not English, set it here
  • Ensure the Active setting is selected, and press the Add button
  • Rinse and Repeat for every user on your network that will need to send large files

Transferring Large Files

  • Go to https://fetch.domain.tld and accept the Security Certificate
  • Enter the Administrative Email address as User name, the associated email password, and click Login
    • The Administrative Email address and its password will be supplied to you when we contact you to let you know your domain is set up
  • Click the Choose File button and navigate to the file you want to send, then click ok
    • Depending on if and how the plugins are configured, you may be able to send more than one file at a time
  • The maximum file upload size and other details are listed for your convenience
  • When you have selected all files you want to send, click the Upload button
  • After clicking the Upload button, your browser should show you some kind of upload progress indicator
    • Different browsers may display this differently
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  • When the file has been uploaded, the server will ask you some questions about the file
  • OPTIONAL: Description is useful if there are several files waiting to be delivered
  • OPTIONAL: Use Captcha will make it so the recipient will have to read letters and numbers from a picture and enter them in order to retrieve the file
    • This may cause some inconvenience to your recipient, but is a security measure against hacking scripts and other exploits
  • OPTIONAL: Send me an email - select this to receive a copy of the mail sent to the recipient
    • This option provides proof that mail was successfully sent from the server
  • Email Subject: the subject for the email notification the recipient will get
  • Email Message: the body of the email notification the recipient will get
  • OPTIONAL: Password protect will require the user to enter a password to download the file
    • This provides an additional layer of security to Use Captcha, but instead of keeping out scripts and programs, it keeps out humans
  • OPTIONAL: Send password in e-mail will send the password you set in the notification email.
    • This may not be appropriate, for example when sending to an email address that more than one person may be checking
    • If you wish to set a password, but not send it in the email, then set the password and phone the recipient to tell him what it is
  • When you have filled in all the details, click the Complete Upload button
  • The next page will display the download link and the removal link so you can test and/or remove your file