THE SERV-U PROMO MESSAGE
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This is Serv-U version 2.4, a flexible and easy to set up FTP server
(or Daemon) for MS-Windows (Win3.1, WFW3.11, Win95, Win98, NT). It turns
any PC with a network connection into a FTP site on the Internet.

Serv-U offers the following:
* A Windows standard: Over 9000 registered users with many for multiple
copies.
* Lots of security: Passwords, read/write/modify rights per directory or
file for each user (including ANONYMOUS), access on the basis of
IP-number.
* Supports multiple simultaneous users and transfers.
* Both in 16- and 32-bit, fast, and rock solid!
* Support for UL/DL ratios, disk quota limitations and network bandwidth
limiting.
* Can run as a 'system service' in Windows 95 and a tray-icon in Windows 95,
Windows 98, and NT 4.
* Users can be put into groups for easy maintenance of large numbers.
* Access to all drives on your PC, including network drives.
* A quite complete (and strict) implementation of RFC959 and RFC1123,
including PASV.
* Supports resuming of file uploads and downloads, as well as 'ls'
options and 'links' like those in UNIX.
* Supports multi-homed IP sites.
* Configurable messages for signon, signoff, login, greeting, and
directory changes.
* Has a 'time-out' feature, so connections are automatically cleared when
idle or hung.
* Easy to setup and maintain through menus. For automated maintenance the
settings are stored in an .INI file of simple format.
* Has an open architecture which makes monitoring, changing and extending
the server behavior possible through external DLLs.
* Logs all transactions to file and screen that can be read by other
applications. Includes unique session IDs, time, and date stamps.
* Log file can be read by other applications while open, or transferred
through Serv-U.
* It is dirt cheap, around 0.1ct per line of code!


TRY-OUT
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Serv-U is shareware, which means you can try it before you decide to
register (or not). Feel free to pass the try-out version around, but
please do not distribute any registration keys. The 45 day try-out
version comes in two flavors, one of which can be chosen during the
first start-up: Either a fully functional version that contacts a
permission server to enforce the 45 days of try-out, or, a slightly
crippled version that does not contact the permission server.


INSTALLATION/UPGRADING
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Serv-U comes in a zip-file which in turn contains a deluxe install
program guiding you through the installation. Just unzip the zip-file
in a temporary directory and run the setup program. Depending on your PC
either the 16- or 32-bit version will be installed. Then follow the
interactive setup and it will do the hard work for you. The setup
program also installs a start menu group and un-installer program.
Once you are done you can delete the original zip-file and extracted
files. An uninstall program is also included which makes complete
removal of all Serv-U files easy.


IMPORTANT NOTE FOR ISDN USERS
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If your ISDN connection is billed 'per minute' instead of a flat rate,
and you have set up your system in such a way that it automatically
connects to the Internet when a program wants to send/receive packets a
little care is needed with Serv-U. Serv-U contacts the permission server
if it is started in fully functional try-out mode. If you are behind a
firewall, or the permission server is not reachable, Serv-U will keep
retrying to find the permission server. Meanwhile the server will work
just fine, but your phone bill might get a bit out-of-hand if this goes
on for a week or so...


NOTES FOR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS
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The self-extracting installation executable is a zip-file in itself
which can be unpacked using any unzip utility. This lets you scan the
executables in there for viruses if needed. Also, instead of the
interactive setup Serv-U can be installed by simply copying the
executable (SERV-U16.EXE or SERV-U32.EXE) into its destination
directory. No other system changes are needed.


CONTACT INFORMATION
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If you have any questions or comments then please check out the Serv-U
Web site. This site has links for support, information, pricing, and
registration. The WWW address is:

http://www.ftpserv-u.com/

For contact by E-mail use:

info@ftpserv-u.com

Enjoy!

Rob Beckers
Author of Serv-U
Cat Soft, an affiliate of Deerfield.com