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Join the Bug Hunt - JSCAPE MFT Server 8.0 BETA Released

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JSCAPE is pleased to announce the release of JSCAPE MFT Server 8.0 BETA. This release has a number of exciting new features and performance enhancements that have been identified below.

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Topics: News, JSCAPE MFT, Managed File Transfer

Sending Email Using Java GMail and SMTP

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Google allows GMail account users to access their account using any capable email client such as Microsoft Outlook, Apple Mail.app and others. For this to work GMail provides POP and IMAP access to these client applications so that they can access emails stored on GMail servers. In addition to this, GMail provides access to its SMTP server to allow these clients to send emails through it. In order to prevent abuse such as spamming and to provide increased security the GMail SMTP server requires that you connect using SMTP SSL and login using your account credentials prior to sending any mail. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how to securely connect to the GMail SMTP server and send mail using a bit of Java code which make use of com.jscape.inet.smtpssl.SmtpSsl class found in Secure iNet Factory. The procedures in this article may also apply to other SMTP servers that provide secure SSL/TLS access.

Prerequisites
GMail account

Secure iNet Factory

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Topics: Secure File Transfer

File Transfers Using DMZ Streaming and Reverse Proxies

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Trading partners regularly use the Internet to perform file transfers requiring that some file transfer services reside in the DMZ. The problem with this is that for various reasons the data to be transferred often does not or cannot reside in the DMZ. This article will discuss how using DMZ streaming and a reverse proxy you can resolve this problem.

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Topics: Managed File Transfer, Reverse Proxy

Managed File Transfer Dictionary

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The purpose of this post is to provide definitions for industry terms typically associated with managed file transfer (MFT).

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Topics: Managed File Transfer

Managed File Transfer for the Masses - A Non-Technical Definition

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The dreaded "what do you do" question. We've all been there. Backyard barbecues, birthday parties or family weddings. It makes no difference someone will ask what you do for a living. My typical reply is "I develop managed file transfer software." The typical reaction is a smile and a halfhearted nod of recognition followed by "what is managed file transfer?" Not surprising considering managed file transfer (MFT) is not part of most people's vocabulary.

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Topics: Managed File Transfer

ManagedFileTransfer.com Launches Managed File Transfer Blog

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ManagedFileTransfer.com is pleased to announce it's official blog launch. The blog will serve as a resource to professionals who develop, market or use Managed File Transfer (MFT) solutions covering the latest MFT issues, products and services, trends and news.

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Topics: News, Managed File Transfer

JSCAPE Just Wants to be Liked

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Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter and have a chance to win one of five $100 Amazon gift cards. Or do both, doubling your chances and make us feel like you like us, you really like us.

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Topics: News

MFTExpress Service Restored

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At approximately 12:20 PM (GMT-6) on April 22nd service for MFTExpress was restored. Amazon continues to have trouble with it's EC2 services at this time so in order to resolve the issue JSCAPE moved it's MFTExpress server and a backup of user and data files to a different Amazon zone not currently experiencing issues.

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Topics: News

MFTExpress Outage Notification

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MFTExpress is currently down. Amazon's EC2 services which MFTExpress depend upon has suffered a massive outage affecting a large number of companies and services including MFT Express.

We apologize for any inconvenience. At this time we are working with Amazon to correct the issue. This is a priority and we will continue to actively work on the issue until there is a resolution.

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Topics: News

JSCAPE MFT Server 7.2 Released

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JSCAPE is pleased to announce the production release of JSCAPE MFT Server 7.2. This release includes several new features. Some highlights include:

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Topics: News, JSCAPE MFT

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