From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp-out1.bellatlantic.net([199.45.39.156]) (2984 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Wed, 9 Aug 2000 13:08:03 -0400 (EDT) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from adsl-151-200-20-29.bellatlantic.net (adsl-151-200-20-29.bellatlantic.net [151.200.20.29]) by smtp-out1.bellatlantic.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id NAA15342; Wed, 9 Aug 2000 13:07:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by adsl-151-200-20-29.bellatlantic.net (8.9.3/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA01804; Wed, 9 Aug 2000 13:08:36 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: adsl-151-200-20-29.bellatlantic.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 13:08:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Janina Sajka X-Sender: janina@adsl-151-200-20-29.bellatlantic.net To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca cc: Speakup Distribution List Subject: Re: temporary online storage In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII List-Id: If you have a shell account somewhere you can probably create a publically accessible sub-dir via anonymous ftp. This is often the case on shell systems--admittedly rarer and rarer. Also, if everyone is on the same server, using /tmp is often available as well, though this won't meet the password requirment. On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > Hi gang - > > This is off topic, but let me try anyway! :-) > > Does anyone know of a way I can share online space with another person so > that we can transfer files by FTP? I would like it to be password > protected (not public) and may need in the neighborhood of 50MB - worst > case. I was referred to two possibilities, www.idrive.com and > www.xdrive.com, but both of those sites require me to be using either > Internet Explorer or Netscape in a graphical environment, which I am not > willing to do. Checking with my ISP (a really smalltown operation) there > is no way I can extend access to my own storage space there without giving > the other person total access to my account - email and everything - and > then there is the possibility of simultaneous accessing. What I hope is > that there might be a service similar to the two I have mentioned, but one > which does not impose restrictions on the type of access packages that are > allowed. > > Any suggestions greatly appreciated. And now we return you to the > previously scheduled program already in progress! > > Chuck. > > > My web site is http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh > "One planet is all you get." > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Information Systems Research & Development American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) janina@afb.net