THE SERV-U PROMO MESSAGE
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This is Serv-U version 2.2, a FTP server (or Daemon) for MS-Windows 
and its variants (Win95, NT) that use WinSock for TCP/IP network access.

Serv-U, the all purpose FTP server for WinSock offers the following:
* Lots of security: Passwords, read/write/modify rights per directory or 
  file for each user (including ANONYMOUS), access on the basis of 
  IP-number.
* Multiple simultaneous users and transfers.
* Both in 16- and 32-bit, and very, very stable!
* Support for UL/DL ratios, and disk quota limitations.
* Can run as a 'system service' in Windows 95.
* Uses an icon in the system tray in Windows 95 and NT 4.
* Users can be put into groups for easy maintenance of large numbers.
* Serv-U works well with Mosaic, Netscape, and MS Internet Explorer.
* Access to all drives on your PC, including network drives.
* A quite complete (and strict) implementation of RFC959 and RFC1123, 
  including PASV, also supports the 'resume' command.
* Supports 'links' like those in UNIX.
* Supports multi-homed IP sites, and external user access verification DLLs.
* Configurable greeting messages, for signon, signoff, and login.
* Configurable directory change messages.
* Can run 'invisible' - with no user access to the program.
* Has a 'time-out' feature, so connections are automatically cleared when
  idle or hung.
* Fast! Transfer speeds are close to the maximum possible on your PC.
* Easy to setup and maintain through menus. For automated maintenance the 
  settings are stored in an .INI file of simple format.
* Logs all transactions to file and screen that can be read by other 
  applications. Includes unique session IDs, time, and date stamps. 
* Log file can be read by other applications while open, or transferred 
  through Serv-U.
* A Windows standard: Over 4000 registered users with many for multiple
  copies.
* It is dirt cheap, less than 0.11ct per line of code!


TRY-OUT
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The 30 day try-out version comes in two flavors, one of which can be 
chosen during the first start-up: Either a fully functional version that 
contacts a permission server to enforce the 30 days of try-out, or, a 
slightly crippled version that does not contact the permission server.


INSTALLATION/UPGRADING
======================
Serv-U comes in a zip-file which in turn contains a self-extracting 
executable which is a deluxe install program guiding you through the 
installation. Just unzip the zip-file in a temporary directory and 
run the setup program. Depending on your PC either the 16- or 32-bit
version will be installed. After that follow the interactive setup and
it will do the hard work for you. The setup program also installs a 
start menu group and un-installer program. Once you are done you can 
delete the original zip-file and extracted files.


IMPORTANT NOTE FOR ISDN USERS
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If your ISDN connection is billed 'per minute' instead of a flat
rate, and you've set up your system in such a way that it automatically
connects to the Internet when a program wants to send/receive
packets a little care is needed with Serv-U. Serv-U contacts the 
permission server if it is started in fully functional try-out mode.
If you are behind a firewall, or the permission server is not reachable,
Serv-U will keep retrying to find the permission server.
Meanwhile the server will work just fine, but your phone bill might 
get a bit out-of-hand if this goes on for a week or so...


NOTES FOR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS
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The self-extracting installation executable is a zip-file in itself 
which can be unpacked using any unzip utility. This lets you scan 
the executables in there for viruses if needed. Also, instead of the
interactive setup Serv-U can be installed by simply copying the 
executable (SERV-U16.EXE or SERV-U32.EXE) into its destination directory.
No other system changes are needed.


CONTACT INFORMATION
===================
If you have any questions or comments then please check out the Cat 
Soft Web site first to see if the answer is already in there. The WWW
address is:
	
	http://www.cat-soft.com

My E-mail address is:

        RB5@acpub.duke.edu

Enjoy!

        Rob
        -/-