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Upload Announcement for WFTPD 2.4x
WFTPD24x.ZIP    Windows FTP server 2.4x for Winsock 1.1
32WFD24x.ZIP    Windows FTP server 2.4x for Winsock 1.1 / 2.0

Uploaded by the author.

Do you want to turn your Windows machine into an FTP site?  Take a tip
from the book "Setting Up An Internet Site For Dummies":

"Several good shareware FTP server programs are available for Microsoft
Windows.  The one to trust is WFTPD by [Texas Imperial Software]"

Try WFTPD, by Texas Imperial Software.  A trial version is available
from http://www.wftpd.com/products.htm .  The full version costs from
$20 per licence, with big discounts for large volumes.

WFTPD is the only FTP server to be picked by PC Computing magazine as
one of their "Internet All-Stars Best 1001 Free Downloads From The
Web", and is registered in use at over 5000 sites (as of July 1998),
with tens, perhaps hundreds, of thousands of individual users. (See
the July 1996 issue of PC Computing, or visit
http://www.pccomputing.com for details of the "Internet All Stars")

WFTPD is also consistently the highest rated FTP server, with (for
example) 5 stars in the ZDNet Software library (http://www.zdnet.com),
5 cows at The Ultimate Collection Of Winsock Software
(http://www.tucows.com) and 3.5 stars at the Stroud Consummate Winsock
Apps site (http://www.cwsapps.com).

WFTPD is the only FTP server for Windows whose author is an active
member of the IETF FTP Extensions Working Group.  As such, many future
RFCs are implemented early in WFTPD, and in general more correctly.
For example, WFTPD is the only Windows FTP server to correctly
implement restarting of interrupted transfers - even those of our
competitors that claim to resume transfers do not correctly resume
uploads at the time of writing.

Some of the new features recently added to WFTPD:

o "Magic Cookies" - include time and date, user's name, disk space
  remaining, etc, in greeting, farewell and navigational messages.
o STAT command now supports file listing to the control connection
o Shortcuts (.LNK files) are supported on 32-bit Windows, acting just
  like symbolic links on Unix.
o UNC (Unified Naming Convention) filenames are supported on 32-bit
  Windows (Windows 3.1x support for UNCs will follow shortly)
o Transfer statistics included in log file
o Correct handling of numeric codes at the start of lines in message
  output (even most Unix servers are not entirely RFC compliant in this
  respect)
o wildcard expansion inside path components
o additional Windows 95, 98 and NT 4.0 user-interface features
o activity monitor, allowing immediate disconnect of unruly users
o safety shutdown - waits till users have finished before closing WFTPD
  down
o sound alert, to inform you of users logging in or out

These features have been in WFTPD for many versions now, and were
mostly introduced to the Windows FTP server market by WFTPD (space
prevents me from listing all features available):

Compatibility features:
o may be installed as a service under 32-bit versions of Windows, and
  will not be automatically killed when you log out
o support for all applicable Unix 'ls' command-line switches - useful
  (even vital) if you want your site to be mirrored using standard
  software
o strict compliance with Internet RFCs 959 and 1123, as well as several
  draft RFCs.
o extra FTP commands SIZE and MDTM supported
o multi-homed site support
o resume interrupted transfers (at the time of writing, WFTPD is the
  only FTP server for Windows to correctly support resuming of both
  interrupted uploads and downloads)
o support for non-standard ports
o works through most firewalls

Usability features:
o easy-to-read help file ("The first help file I read all the way
  through", as one user told me)
o intuitive yet powerful user interface, following Microsoft's
  Interface Guidelines
o configurable logging of all client actions, to screen and/or file
o customisable messages on login, logout, and change of directory
o all FTP responses can be customised/translated using resource editors

Security features:
o host/network-based acceptance/denial of login
o idle/hung connection timeout
o maximum user count
o "read-only" operating mode
o individual user rights on directories
o hidden operation - can be run invisibly

As the first standalone FTP server for Windows (now available for all
Intel versions of Windows, as well as Digital Alpha AXP Windows NT),
WFTPD has a long history of speed and stability.  As a fast, stable FTP
server, it is in place at major national and international Internet
Service Providers, phone service companies, software and hardware
manufacturers, tool shops, space agencies, Universities and even
Realtors' offices.  The author's writing style was so admired by even
his competitors that some of them have felt compelled to cut and paste
from the WFTPD documentation into theirs.

Despite the author working only part time for much of this product's
development, most of WFTPD's features were first offered to Windows
users by WFTPD, and many are even now not offered by other FTP servers
for Windows.  The author now works full time on developing and
supporting WFTPD, another advantage that is not present on many other
Windows FTP servers.

Upgrade announcements will be sent out to all registered users of
current versions of WFTPD, at which point they may download and install
the new version for free.  The price of the licence for WFTPD includes
the first year's maintenance and upgrades.  If you are a registered
user and have not received your upgrade announcement a week after
this message is first sent out, please email me at [e-mail].

Texas Imperial Software recently acquired its newest member, Colin
Lester Jones (born 5/17-18/96) - buy WFTPD and help pay for baby to
get some new shoes!