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- THE SERV-U PROMO MESSAGE
- ========================
- This is Serv-U version 2.2, a FTP server (or Daemon) for MS-Windows
- and its variants (Win95, NT) that use WinSock for TCP/IP network access.
-
- Serv-U, the all purpose FTP server for WinSock offers the following:
- * Lots of security: Passwords, read/write/modify rights per directory or
- file for each user (including ANONYMOUS), access on the basis of
- IP-number.
- * Multiple simultaneous users and transfers.
- * Both in 16- and 32-bit, and very, very stable!
- * Support for UL/DL ratios, and disk quota limitations.
- * Can run as a 'system service' in Windows 95.
- * Uses an icon in the system tray in Windows 95 and NT 4.
- * Users can be put into groups for easy maintenance of large numbers.
- * Serv-U works well with Mosaic, Netscape, and MS Internet Explorer.
- * Access to all drives on your PC, including network drives.
- * A quite complete (and strict) implementation of RFC959 and RFC1123,
- including PASV, also supports the 'resume' command.
- * Supports 'links' like those in UNIX.
- * Supports multi-homed IP sites, and external user access verification DLLs.
- * Configurable greeting messages, for signon, signoff, and login.
- * Configurable directory change messages.
- * Can run 'invisible' - with no user access to the program.
- * Has a 'time-out' feature, so connections are automatically cleared when
- idle or hung.
- * Fast! Transfer speeds are close to the maximum possible on your PC.
- * Easy to setup and maintain through menus. For automated maintenance the
- settings are stored in an .INI file of simple format.
- * Logs all transactions to file and screen that can be read by other
- applications. Includes unique session IDs, time, and date stamps.
- * Log file can be read by other applications while open, or transferred
- through Serv-U.
- * A Windows standard: Over 4000 registered users with many for multiple
- copies.
- * It is dirt cheap, less than 0.11ct per line of code!
-
-
- TRY-OUT
- =======
- The 30 day try-out version comes in two flavors, one of which can be
- chosen during the first start-up: Either a fully functional version that
- contacts a permission server to enforce the 30 days of try-out, or, a
- slightly crippled version that does not contact the permission server.
-
-
- INSTALLATION/UPGRADING
- ======================
- Serv-U comes in a zip-file which in turn contains a self-extracting
- executable which is a deluxe install program guiding you through the
- installation. Just unzip the zip-file in a temporary directory and
- run the setup program. Depending on your PC either the 16- or 32-bit
- version will be installed. After that follow the interactive setup and
- it will do the hard work for you. The setup program also installs a
- start menu group and un-installer program. Once you are done you can
- delete the original zip-file and extracted files.
-
-
- IMPORTANT NOTE FOR ISDN USERS
- =============================
- If your ISDN connection is billed 'per minute' instead of a flat
- rate, and you've set up your system in such a way that it automatically
- connects to the Internet when a program wants to send/receive
- packets a little care is needed with Serv-U. Serv-U contacts the
- permission server if it is started in fully functional try-out mode.
- If you are behind a firewall, or the permission server is not reachable,
- Serv-U will keep retrying to find the permission server.
- Meanwhile the server will work just fine, but your phone bill might
- get a bit out-of-hand if this goes on for a week or so...
-
-
- NOTES FOR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS
- ===============================
- The self-extracting installation executable is a zip-file in itself
- which can be unpacked using any unzip utility. This lets you scan
- the executables in there for viruses if needed. Also, instead of the
- interactive setup Serv-U can be installed by simply copying the
- executable (SERV-U16.EXE or SERV-U32.EXE) into its destination directory.
- No other system changes are needed.
-
-
- CONTACT INFORMATION
- ===================
- If you have any questions or comments then please check out the Cat
- Soft Web site first to see if the answer is already in there. The WWW
- address is:
-
- http://www.cat-soft.com
-
- My E-mail address is:
-
- RB5@acpub.duke.edu
-
- Enjoy!
-
- Rob
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