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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>
>
>
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Rakhesh

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