NeoSoft has an attachment limit to email of about 1.2 meg. If you are trying to send email attachments that are this size are larger, you need to either break the file into one or more smaller files or use FTP to send the file.
To send a file using FTP (file transfer protocol) you need basically two things. You will need a site to upload it to and a FTP program to upload and download the file.
FTP Upload Site. The site to upload a file to is most often a users web space or shell account. Anyone with a NeoSoft Plus account has at least 2 meg of webspace. More space can be had by either purchasing more megs at about $3/meg per month or by upgrading to a home business account (3 meg standard) or a Internet presence package or Commercial account (both 5meg standard).
Example: Vera Acme wants to send a 1.7meg program file to Tom Swift. Vera has 2 meg of web space so she upoads it to her web space and Tom Swift then downloads it from Vera's web space.
Example: Tom Swift wants to send the edited 1.7 program file back to Vera Acme, but he does not have any web space. Vera could tell him her password for her web space and Tom Swift could upload the file to her space. But if she does not want to give him her passwd, Tom Swift will not have permission to upload to her web space. He can not upload the file.
Example: Vera Acme creates a directory in her web space called incoming or some other name and then uses a program such as WS_FTP V4.50 that lets her change the group permissions for access to her directories using the unix chmod command. She changes the access rights to allow anyone to upload a file to her incoming directory and no one but her can read or delete files. Tom Swift can then use Windows 95 FTP or Netscape FTP to upload a file to her incomingdirectory without the need of Vera's password. Once he uploads the file, he cannot see it or download it. Only Vera can read, write and change files in her incomingdirectory.
Windows 95 FTP Upload:
First connect to Neosoft.
Go to the Start Button then Programs and then MSDOS. At the C:\WINDOWS> prompt .......
C:\WINDOWS > cd directory where the file is to be uploaded from your hard drive.
C:\WINDOWS > ftp www.neosoft.com then it will ask for your user name and password.
fpt> binary to set the mode for binary transfer.
ftp> put filename to upload the file to your web space.
Type in close then bye then exit to return to Windows.
Netscape Navigator Versions 2 & 3 FTP Upload: First connect to Neosoft.
At the Location or URL entry bar: ftp://yourloginname@www.neosoft.com be sure to type in just your login name. You will be asked for your password. You can then select what existing directory to save the file to in you web space.
Click on File and then Upload file from the top left of Navigator's menu.
Select the file to upload. That's it.
Windows 95 FTP Download:
First connect to Neosoft.
Go to the Start Button then Programs and then MSDOS. At the C:\WINDOWS> prompt .......
C:\WINDOWS > cd directory where the file is to be downloaded to your hard drive.
C:\WINDOWS > ftp www.neosoft.com
ftp> open ftp.neosoft.com When asked for a login name, enter anonymous and use your email address as the password.
ftp> cd /usr/ftp/pub/users/first intial/usernamewhere first initial is the first letter of the users login name and users name is the account login name.. This will put you into the users directory.
ftp> dir to get a listing of the files and directories available.
ftp> cd directory if your file to download is in a different directory.
ftp> binary to set the mode for binary transfer.
ftp> get filename to download the file to your hard drive.
Type in close then bye then exit to return to Windows.
Netscape Navigator Versions 2 & 3 FTP Download:First connect to Neosoft.
At the Location or URL entry bar: ftp://www.neosoft.com/usr/ftp/pub/users/first intial/usernamewhere first initial is the first letter of the users login name and users name is the account login name.. This will put you into the users directory.
You can change to subdirectories by just clicking on them. Once you find the file to download, press and hold the Shift keyand then click on the File. A save file window will appear to allow you to select where to save the file.
That's it.
chmod command: in Unix each file and directory has read, write and execute permissions. These 3 permissions are given to the owner of the file or directory, the group that the owner belongs to and everyone else. For most files and directories in ones web space, they are the owner and have permision to read and write to files and directories. They belong to the group ftponly. Members of the group ftponly have read only permissions. They can not upload, change or delete a file. This is the same for everyone else. The chmod comand is used to set and change these permissions. Only FTP programs that support the Unix chmod command will let you set these permissions. CAUTION: using the chmod command to change file and directory permissions can set a file or directory to be unavailable.
Creating an Incoming directory where anyone can FTP to upload to your web space without using a password. They cannot see or download the file. Only you can.
WS_FTP95 LE & PRO V 4.50 and the Unix FTP available with a shell account both support the chmod command.
WS_FTP95 : use the following settings in the session properties.
Host Name/Address:www.neosoft.com
Host Type:Unix Standard
User ID:your login name.
Password:your account password.
Once it connects, left click on the directory you want to set the permissions and then right click. This will bring up a menu box. Click on Make Directory and then rename the directory to incoming. Click on incoming and then right click and then Click on chmod(Unix).This should bring up a window to set the file/directory permissions. Give the Owner read,write and execute permissions and write and execute, not read, for Group and Other. CAUTION: be sure that the directories have Execute permission set for Owner, Group and other..
UNIX FTP from a Shell account on Starbase:
Login to your Starbase shell account. (Note: The minishell account that comes with some Plus accounts does not support FTP.)
$ ftp www.neosoft.com and then enter your web account login name and password when asked.
ftp> ?to get a list of ftp commands available to you.
ftp> diror ls to get a listing of the available directories and files with their permissions.
ftp> mkdir incomingto create a directory named incoming.
ftp> chmod 733 incoming to give the owner read, write and execute permissions and write and execute only to the group and everyone else to the directory incoming.
ftp > bye to exit out of FTP.
Windows 95 FTP Upload to an Incoming Directory:
First connect to Neosoft.
Go to the Start Button then Programs and then MSDOS. At the C:\WINDOWS> prompt .......
C:\WINDOWS > cd directory where the file is to be uploaded from your hard drive.
C:\WINDOWS > ftp www.neosoft.com
ftp> open ftp.neosoft.com When asked for a login name, enter anonymous and use your email address as the password.
ftp> cd /usr/ftp/pub/users/first intial/username/incoming where first initial is the first letter of the users login name and users name is the account login name.. This will put you into the users incoming directory.
ftp> dir will not give listing of the files in the incoming directory as it should be write to only.
ftp> binary to set the mode for binary transfer.
ftp> put filename to upload the file to the incoming directory.
Type in close then bye then exit to return to Windows.
Netscape Navigator Versions 2 & 3 FTP Upload to and Incoming Directory:
First connect to Neosoft.
At the Navigator Location or URL entry bar: ftp://www.neosoft.com/usr/ftp/pub/users/first intial/username/incoming where first initial is the first letter of the users login name and users name is the account login name.. This will put you into the users incoming directory.
You should not be able to see any files as the directory is write to only. Click on File then Upload file. A source file window will appear to allow you to select which file to upload.
Thats it!
David Decker mailto:davidd@neosoft.com
Last edited October 24, 1997