Not in my inbox: moving large files is as easy as FTP.E-mail was built for text. Most people are willing to accept small attachments, such as a Word file or screen-size photo, if you get their OK. Large files are a different story. Even if the recipient isn't paying per-minute online charges, has broadband, and neither his e-mail program Software in the user's computer that can access the mail servers in a local or remote network. Also known as an "e-mail client," "mail client," "mail program," and "mail reader," it provides the ability to send and receive e-mail messages and file attachments. nor his ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. reject files over a certain size, the transfer still takes a long time. A popular solution is to run an FTP site A server on the Internet that maintains files for downloading. An FTP site may be one or more servers or just one or two folders dedicated to file transfer on a single server. See FTP and anonymous FTP. . FTR FTR Fighter FTR For The Record FTR Federal Travel Regulation FTR Formal Technical Review FTR Full Text Retrieval FTR Financial Transmission Right FTR Florida Trail Riders (motorcycling) FTR Full-Time Regular or File Transfer Protocol A communications protocol used to transmit files without loss of data. A file transfer protocol can handle all types of files including binary files and ASCII text files. See Kermit, Zmodem and FTP. , is an old protocol that allows users to leave files in one or more unattended directories for others to pick up. Here are the basics: * If you control your own Internet site, you can set up an FTP FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to directory. It is similar to setting up an HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. (Web) directory. It's simple to do, but your IT manager or ISP will know how to set the correct permissions for the OS where the FTP site will reside--often Unix instead of Windows. If your Internet site isn't part of your network, but a hosted site, ask your ISP will the cost of setting up an FTP site, and the cost for the disk space in the amount of MB or GB you plan to use each month. Be sure to ask whether there are additional charges for the amount of data people download, since metered fees can add up. * Grab a free FTP program that downloads and uploads files, such as LeechFTP (www.webmasterfree.cont/leech.html). You'll see files in a directory on your local machine in one pane, and files in your FTP directory in the other (as soon as you tell it your FTP Website address). You can also use the FTP program to drop files into your Web directory, instead of using the "publish" feature of your HTML editor A low-level Web site authoring tool that is essentially a text editor, specialized for writing HTML code. It assists the HTML author by cataloging all HTML tags and common structures in menus and by being able to catch certain syntax errors. or an online form at your ISP's Website. * Invite guests via "anonymous FTP"--or clients set up with logins and pass words to your FTP site or to a particular file, such as "ftp://pre sentation.xyz." Visitors won't need to download an FTP program; their browser will go to FTP sites where they can collect your files by clicking on them. The Road to FTP If you're comfortable with html, you can ftp using the following code: <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE> Right Click and Save Target file to your disk. </TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Right Click the <A HREF="presentation .xyz"> presentation file here </a> and choose "Save Target" from the pop-up menu. Save the file to your disk, then view it with your XYZ program. Please do NOT left click the file and execute it online. Save it to your disk. Thank you.</P> </BODY> </HTML> |
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