I've polished up my utility I'm calling HTTPmodem. It's a file transfer protocol for BBSes. It will allow a Sysop to upload, copy, build HTTP(S) URLs for users to download files from their BBS. You will need a web server of
some sort to serve the files, and a 32-bit DOOR32.SYS BBS system.
"Do you run a BBS and have file transfer options available to users? Do you have issues with X/Y/Z modem protocols? Are your users confused by these protocols because they just don't know them?"
"When added to your BBS as a file transfer protocol option, the users will be able to get HTTP(S) links instead of the archaic X/Y/Z modem protocol offerings."
"With a good telnet/ssh client or the fTelnet HTML5 applet users can copy/paste or in the case of fTelnet just CLICK on the URL and the file can be downloaded!"
It can use SFTP, Jirafeau, URL Rewrite (fixed httpd served location URL+File Name), or File Copy (copy file to httpd served location).
It supports URL shortening services, Archaic.Link (my free service), TinyURL, and Bit.ly.
It can spit out a file transfer successful dummy DSZ style log that some BBS software needs to avoid some logging errors.
It can give the Sysop/Users the ability to email themselves a list of the flagged/batched files and URLs to download them using a SMTP server. (More support will come soon for sending these emails).
Almost all strings are able to be customized so you can word things your way for your board.
Please check the readme.txt file inside archive for more information.
Should note this will probably only help the Windows BBS Sysops, (written in .net 3.5) but I will publish source on my site if somebody wishes to port it.
Fully tested with Mystic and with my custom coded system. Should work with Synchronet as it does the same calls for FTPs.
Download:
https://archaic.link/l.php?l=fos8wp3w6s
You can demo it on Archaic Binary (
https://www.archaicbinary.net) and flag
then download a file.