F*EX

F*EX (also known as Frams' Fast File EXchange) is a free, platform-independent and open source web-based service implemented Perl, HTML and JavaScript, and designed from the offset to be used for sending very big files from one computer to another.

Features at a glance

The application is capable of transferring files of virtually any size. It is UNIX based, supports auto-notification of recipient, auto-deletion after expiration date and auto-deletion after download, supports streams, includes REGET and RESEND functions for resuming the file transfer operation after a failure, and offers support for creating sub-users.

Another interesting feature is the ability to send files to more than one user simultaneously, an operation that allocates storage space only once per transfer. It’s a maintenance-free software that does not require system administrator rights, except when creating F*EX accounts.

Users will full permissions will be able to create sub-users that can send file only to the super-user that created the account, to create one-time upload URLs for guest users, as well as to create groups of users.

On the other hand, administrators will be able to allow internal or external user self-registration, to enable support for anonymous uploading of files to users on a LAN (Local Area Network), and to enable support for uploading files to public recipients, without authentication.

Supports all mainstream operating systems and web browsers

In order to use F*EX, the user will need only a web browser and an e-mail program. The software has been successfully tested with any modern web browser/email client program, on Linux, BSD, Solaris, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.

Being a HTTP service, no firewall-tunnels or any other software are required to use this program, which has been successfully installed on computers supporting either of the 64-bit (x86_64) and 32-bit (x86) architectures.

What is new in this release:

• fup: fixed bug no locales presentation

What is new in version 20130211:

• A user can now forward a file directly from incoming spool to other recipients.
• A new CAPTIVE mode has been added: if set, a user must not change his settings anymore.
• Name based virtual hosts are now possible: you can run several servers on the same IP and port, but with different hostnames.
• Several small bugs have been fixed.

What is new in version 20121027:

• The licence has changed from the AGPL to Perl Artistic.
• When no SMTP is available, the server can be configured to "no mails at all" mode.
• A VirtualBox VM is available to run the server on Windows.
• An optional "anonymous upload" has been added for local users who are identified by their IP addresses.
• Anonymous usage is available via the Web interface and the new afex script, which offers very easy file transfer, especially for administrative accounts.
• Some minor bugs have been fixed.

What is new in version 20120715:

• This version fixes a security problem with JavaScript cross-site scripting, adds a French localization, changes the license from GPL to AGPL, gives the admin the ability to allow "anonymous upload", and fixes several small bugs.

What is new in version 20111129:

• Support for Firefox 7 (and later) has been added to upload files greater than 4 GB.
• A registered user can create a one time upload key (URL), which he can give unregistered users.
• The admin can forbid certain recipient addresses and restrict uploading or downloading to certain hosts.
• The user or admin can limit bandwidth usage.
• The GUI client schwuppdiwupp comes with integrated tar, zip, and 7zip support.
• Italian and Czech localizations have been added.
• Once again, several small bugs have been fixed.

What is new in version 20110107:

• Subusers and groupusers no longer need an auth-ID, but can use personalized URLs. The adminstrator can allow self-registration of external users who can send only to internal users (like email), and he can define "public recipients" to which everyone can send files without registration or authentification (like anonymous FTP). Several bugs has been fixed.

What is new in version 20090730:

• to and from addresses in spool are now always localpart@domain, install contains automatic spool converter fup: fixed bug short aliases address list mismatch

What is new in version 20081212:

• Easier sub-user creation.
• Support for non-ASCII-filenames (UTF-8) on download.
• fexsend and fexget with HTTPS support. autodelete is configurable by the admin (to make a download possible more than once).
• auth-ID is no longer shown in the browser address line.
• The ability to restrict downloads to registered and authenticated users (an optional security enhancement).
• Teergrub and other download managers.
• Several bugfixes.