[gollem] Dropbox-type file sharing

[Ralf Lang]

On 22.01.2014 13:54, Matthew wrote:
> I'm using Gollem so that folk can browse SMB shares on my server; it
> works fine. I've not really investigated the folder sharing feature of
> Gollem; suspect it may not work well on an SMB back end, but it's not a
> big deal; the things that need sharing are on shared, er, shares anyway.
> 
> What I'd like to do, though, is provide a way to link to individualfiles
> rather than emailing them. Folk often have trouble with size-related
> bouncebacks; many receiving MTAs have a size limit of eg 10mb, so I'd
> like a way of getting a link to download a file, that can be sent in an
> email will work for anyone without having to log in. Similar to eg Dropbox.
> 
> I'm thinking of maybe setting up a file backend in a web-accessible
> directory, and have users copy the file there with Horde, and then make
> a URL - but it's a bit clunky - I'd rather have it doable more easily
> and just provide a URL to the resulting file.
> 
> Any ideas? Am I missing something obvious?

Horde Imp used to have an option to store-and-link attachments into
gollem. But your preferred mode of operation is not yet implemented.

Can you please create a feature request on bugs.horde.org?

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