Subj : Download via web ?
To   : Amessyroom
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun Jan 05 2025 15:03:26

  Re: Download via web ?
  By: Amessyroom to all on Sun Jan 05 2025 12:47 pm

 > Seems there may have been a feature to download via ftp or http link in the
 > past; and it was removed ? based on what I read on the wiki.

Can you cite what wiki page you're referring to? I don't know of anything like that being removed.

 > If this is true, can someone share the history/reason this was disabled ?

Downloading files via FTP and HTTP are integral features of Synchronet. Sending a link to someone via the terminal server could be done (wasn't done before that I recall), but FTP URLs aren't really all that useful these days since you can't use them in modern web browsers and an HTTP URL would depend on *how* you're sharing your files via the web: ecWeb or webfileindex.

 > Have noticed C-net and Mystic bbses providing web links (temporary) for
 > larger files. Wondering if there is a way to do this with synchronet.
 >
 > I see the default menu shows the following
 > [X] XMODEM-Original            [1] XMODEM-1K/CRC
 > [Y] YMODEM                     [G] YMODEM-G
 > [Z] ZMODEM                     [L] Local Copy

A temporary link isn't necessary since Synchronet provides permanent links, e.g. https://vert.synchro.net/Synchronet/sbbs320b.zip

There's also the option to email files to users:
https://wiki.synchro.net/module:emailfiles
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