[wellylug] email is not FTP

[David Antliff]

On 28/08/2007, Phillip Hutchings <phillip.hutchings at sitharus.com> wrote:
> On 8/28/07, Anthony Walters <anto.walters at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi List,
> >
> > I keep running into an issue where staff in places I work in keep trying to
> > use email as FTP and sending large word and powerpoint attachments.
>
> The easiest method is some sort of network share.

You could also use a revision-control system like Subversion. That way
the staff (if properly trained) also get a revision tracking system
and automatic backup for 'free'. Unfortunately merging of binary
documents like those in Office is not going to be trivial so some sort
of editor lock-out (like RCS) might be required.

The simple network-mounted share works for a while until someone
causes the lost-update problem but nobody notices for 6 months...

-- 
David.