[ZendTo] Re: Auto-deletion of files

[Greg Mills]

Thanks for the feedback Ken.

On 23 March 2015 at 15:00, Ken Etter <kle at msktd.com> wrote:

> Greg,
>
> I've been using it for four years.  It is a "set it up and forget about
> it" type of program.  Just works and requires no maintenance on your part.
> Set the auto-deletion to a length of time that works for you and make sure
> you have sufficient disk space for the usage it will get and you are done.
>
> Ken
>
> Kenneth Etter, Systems Administrator
> MSKTD & Associates, Inc.
> http://www.msktd.com
> 260.432.9337
>
> >>> Greg Mills <greg.mills at tangible.uk.com> 3/23/2015 10:35 AM >>>
> Hi Grey and Jules,
>
> Thanks for the feedback. It's always good to hear from people who have
> used the product for a while. I think the dropoff lifetime setting could
> work for us. As long as data is not left on the server for an unreasonable
> length of time, I'll be happy. Our current FTP server had data from 2010
> just sitting there because no one has been managing it.
>
> Thanks, I'll give it a try.
>
> Do you find it stable and is help from the developer available at all if
> needed? I notice he's not offering commercial supp[ort contracts at this
> time.
>
> Regards
>
> On 23 March 2015 at 14:07, Gray McCord <gdm at sangabriel.com> wrote:
>
>> I believe there are two mechanisms that can be used by Zendto to delete
>> uploaded files. The one I think you are referring to is where a user
>> manually deletes a dropoff. In my experience, this is very rarely used by
>> my users. The other mechanism is a system-wide auto delete, where the admin
>> can set a lifetime for all dropoffs after which the system deletes them. I
>> believe the default is 2 weeks, but you can set it to whatever you want in
>> the config file. As far as I know, there is no mechanism built into Zendto
>> to auto-delete right after a dropoff is downloaded, although a little php
>> code could solve that if you need it.
>> I’ve been using Zendto for a couple of years now, and my users love it.
>> No more asking IT to set up an ftp account for a one-off file transfer.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>> Gray
>>
>> Gray McCord
>> *Adapt, Mutate, Migrate, or Die*
>> -C. Darwin
>>
>> From: Greg Mills
>> Reply-To: ZendTo Users
>> Date: Monday, March 23, 2015 at 7:57 AM
>> To: <zendto at zend.to>
>> Subject: [ZendTo] Auto-deletion of files
>>
>> Hi all, I'm looking for a simple file transfer solution for our business. I
>> would like something that allows staff to send files without my
>> involvement, to anyone they have an email address for, and have the file
>> auto-delete after the recipient has downloaded it.
>>
>> Zendto looks as though it would do this, apart from the auto-delete. Is
>> there a preference to remove the user's control over file deletion?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
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