THE SERV-U PROMO MESSAGE
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This is Serv-U version 2.3b, a flexible and easy to set up FTP server 
(or Daemon) for MS-Windows (Win3.1, WFW3.11, Win95, NT). It turns any
PC with a network connection into a FTP site on the Internet.

Serv-U 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, disk quota limitations and network bandwidth
  limiting
* Can run as a 'system service' in Windows 95 and a tray-icon 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. 
* Has an open architecture which makes monitoring, changing and extending
  the server behavior possible through external 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 6200 registered users with many for multiple
  copies.
* Life-time free updates when registered (As long as Serv-U exists).
* It is dirt cheap, less than 0.1ct per line of code!


TRY-OUT
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Serv-U is shareware, which means you can try it before you decide to 
register (or not). Feel free to pass the try-out version around, but 
please do not distribute any registration keys. The 45 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 45 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. An uninstall program
is also included which makes complete removal of all Serv-U files easy.


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:

        Rob@cat-soft.com

Enjoy!

        Rob
        -/-

