From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 9 15:26:13 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE8856F for ; Sat, 9 Nov 2013 15:26:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gmx@ross.cx) Received: from www81.your-server.de (www81.your-server.de [213.133.104.81]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8E5E223F4 for ; Sat, 9 Nov 2013 15:26:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [88.70.114.73] (helo=michael-think) by www81.your-server.de with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.74) (envelope-from ) id 1Vf9zh-0001Ui-1k; Sat, 09 Nov 2013 15:58:37 +0100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes To: "Frank Leonhardt" , Polytropon Subject: Re: Deleting files after download References: <20131109103750.1545c9ae.freebsd@edvax.de> <527E2A42.4080903@fjl.co.uk> <20131109134343.e20a2ef0.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2013 15:58:30 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Michael Ross" Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20131109134343.e20a2ef0.freebsd@edvax.de> User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.16 (Win32) X-Authenticated-Sender: gmx@ross.cx X-Virus-Scanned: Clear (ClamAV 0.97.8/18088/Sat Nov 9 12:43:01 2013) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2013 15:26:13 -0000 On Sat, 09 Nov 2013 13:43:43 +0100, Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 09 Nov 2013 12:27:46 +0000, Frank Leonhardt wrote: >> For what it's worth, in a similar situation I opted for an email >> notification that said "This file will be available for 14 days". Apart >> from being somewhat easier to implement, it had the advantage that the >> file could be downloaded by the same person on two or more hosts, more >> than one recipient to the original email, and it was possible to forward >> the link to other people who might also want the file. > > That's a nice extension of the original idea: multiple recipients, > more than one download, retention period. I have really bad experiences with "delete after downloaded". - Your logs showing the file to be sent is not the same as the file being correctly received. - Users do things like download and save to the wrong place, so they delete and download again. Go with Frank's advice, use a retention period. Michael