Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:24:27 +0400 (GST) From: Rakhesh Sasidharan <rakhesh@rakhesh.com> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT: Downloading file by sending email Message-ID: <20080130142131.O8239@obelix.home.rakhesh.com> In-Reply-To: <20080130105507.I4812@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <20080130092413.K4947@obelix.home.rakhesh.com> <20080130105507.I4812@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> >> I want to setup a service such that sending a mail to say >> "someaddress@mydomain" with a list of links per line results in my machine >> downloading the files at these links replying with all these files >> attached. >> >> Is there any port which provides a functionality like this? Or is it >> possible to put together such a setup in place? I tried a Google search but >> didn't > > very easy using just bash curl metamail etc... > > but first think about protecting it from abuse like Thanks Wojciech. Actually, I am setting this up just for my use. (Place I work doesn't allow downloads, and sometimes I need to download a thing or two, so thought let me set something like this up for my own use). But your points make sense. I'll try and make sure the service isn't abuse-able. Thanks again for the pointers! Regards, Rakhesh > > a) someone will use it as spamming machine, writing advert as image, and > sending it through your service to 100000 users (using your bandwidth) by > using robot that will 100000 times request to send an URL to mail. > > b) someone else will be trying to overload your service requesting to mail > lots of huge files many times (limit total size+size of one file) > > > > you must do something like "captcha" or at least - first sending mail without > attachment like this > > - Someone - possibly you - requested to download and send such files: > > URL list here > > to your mail. > > if it's you, jest use reply with this code: <unique code here> > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Rakhesh --- http://rakhesh.net/
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