HOWTO: Configure Email Server

This screen-shots shows the location in the software for setting the Email Server information for BulletProof FTP Server to use when sending emails via SMTP.

This screen-shot shows the Email Settings and the test button clicked to send a test message.

HOWTO: Getting Started with BulletProof FTP Server

Thank you for your interest in BulletProof FTP Server.

Below is a list of HOWTO articles that have been written over the years to help customers in getting up and running with BulletProof FTP Server.
Note: Some of the screen-shots show older versions of the software. The UI hasn’t changed much between different versions, but you might find some of the buttons labeled differently than what appears.

Download, Install and Adding First User

Opening Your Firewall

Licensing

Upgrading

Windows System Service

Download, Install and Adding First User

HOWTO: Downloading BPFTP Server 2010
http://blog.builtbp.com/2010/09/howto-downloading-bpftp-server-2010/

HOWTO: Installing BPFTP Server 2010
http://blog.builtbp.com/2010/09/howto-installing-bpftp-server-2010/

HOWTO: Adding a User
http://blog.builtbp.com/2010/09/howto-adding-a-user/

Opening Your Firewall

It’s VERY common that people think only one-port is needed for ftp (default: tcp/ip 21). However, this is not true.

FTP requires at least two ports, one for the control-port (used to login and issue commands, default tcp/ip 21) and a data-port (default tcp/ip 30000 to 30100). One data-port is needed for every concurrent data-connection, for this reason we suggest using a range of 100 ports which will handle most needs.

HOWTO: Windows Firewall and BPFTP Server 2011
http://blog.builtbp.com/2011/06/windows-firewall-and-bulletproof-ftp-server/

HOWTO: Windows Firewall
http://blog.builtbp.com/2010/09/howto-windows-firewall/

HOWTO: Setting up NAT/Passive/Firewall Support
http://blog.builtbp.com/2010/09/howto-setting-up-natpassivefirewall-support/

Licensing

HOWTO: Enter Your Subscription-Code
http://blog.builtbp.com/2013/05/howto-enter-your-subscription-code/

HOWTO: Purchase an Upgrade to your License
http://blog.builtbp.com/2014/02/howto-purchase-an-upgrade-to-your-license/

HOWTO: Remove Your License-Code
http://blog.builtbp.com/2013/05/howto-remove-your-license-code/

Upgrading

FAQ: Can I Upgrade and retain all my Users, Groups and Settings?
http://blog.builtbp.com/2011/12/faq-can-i-upgrade-and-retail-all-my-users-groups-and-settings/

FAQ: Where does BPFTP Server store the Users, Groups and Settings?
http://blog.builtbp.com/2011/12/faq-where-does-bpftp-server-store-the-users-groups-and-settings/

HOWTO: Overridding the Storage-Path for Settings, Users and Groups
http://blog.builtbp.com/2011/10/howto-override-storage-path-for-settings-users-and-groups/

Windows System Service

HOWTO: Windows System-Service
http://blog.builtbp.com/2011/09/howto-windows-system-service/

FEATURE: Event Manager and Email Variables

BPS-Events Manager-Variables

Listing of %VARS to be used in the Events Manager of BulletProof FTP Server for SMTP and HTTP Form-Post (NVP) event actions.

REVISION HISTORY:

%FILETIME* and %FILEDATE* variables added in v2014.1.3.21 (Feb 2015)

%FILE was changed to %FILEFULLNAME in v2013.1.0.11 (Oct 2013)

Variable	Description	Scope	Context	Units/Example
%BDOWN	Data Transferred by FTP-Account	Current Session	Download	Bytes
%BDOWNALL	Data Transferred by FTP-Account	All Sessions	Download	Bytes
%BTOT	Data Transferred by FTP-Account	All Sessions	Up/Down	Bytes
%BUP	Data Transferred by FTP-Account	Current Session	Upload	Bytes
%BUPALL	Data Transferred by FTP-Account	All Sessions	Upload	Bytes
%C24H	Number of Connections by FTP-Account	Current Session	24 Hours	integer-value
%CALL	Number of Connections by FTP-Account	Current Session	Forever	integer-value
%CLIENTGROUP	Group Account	Current Session	User Manager -> Login -> Group Name	agroupname
%CLIENTIP	IP Address	Current Session	Obtained from Network	192.168.0.1
%CLIENTIP_000	IP Address (Zero Padded)	Current Session	Obtained from Network	192.168.000.001
%CLIENTLOGIN	Username used to Login	Current Session	User Manager -> Login -> Group Name	ausername
%CLIENTNAME	Account-Name	Current Session	User Manager -> Login -> Group Name	aaccountname
%CLIENTPASSWORD	Password used to Login	Current Session	User Manager -> Login -> Group Name	apassword
%CNOW	Number of Connections by FTP-Account	Current Session	Current	integer-value
%DATE	Current Date	System	Obtained from OS	Locale-Specific
%DATE_EX	Current Date	System	Obtained from OS	mmddyyyy
%DATE_EX_DMY	Current Date	System	Obtained from OS	dd-mm-yyyy
%DATE_EX_MDY	Current Date	System	Obtained from OS	mm-dd-yyyy
%DATE_EX_YMD	Current Date	System	Obtained from OS	yyyy-mm-dd
%DFREE	Diskspace Free	Current Session	Current Working Directory	Bytes
%DFREEGB	Diskspace Free	Current Session	Current Working Directory	GiBytes
%DFREEKB	Diskspace Free	Current Session	Current Working Directory	KiBytes
%DFREEMB	Diskspace Free	Current Session	Current Working Directory	MiBytes
%DIR_8.3	Directory Name of Target FTP Command	Current Sessions	N/A	string (FAT32 shortened)
%DIRCREATED	Created Directory Name	Current Sessions	N/A	string
%DIRDELETED	Deleted Directory Name	Current Sessions	N/A	string
%DIRFULLNAME	Directory Name of Target FTP Command	Current Sessions	N/A	string
%DIRTARGET	Directory Name of Target FTP Command	Current Sessions	N/A	string
%DIRTARGET_8.3	Directory Name of Target FTP Command	Current Sessions	N/A	string (FAT32 shortened)
%DISK	Drive Letter	Current Session	Current Working Directory	C (Single-Char, ex: C:\ drive)
%FDOWN	Number of Files Transferred	Current Session	Downloaded	integer
%FDOWNALL	Number of Files Transferred	All Sessions	Downloaded	integer
%FILEDATE	File Creation Date	Current Sessions	Up/Down	Locale Specific
%FILEDATE_EX	File Creation Date	Current Sessions	Up/Down	mmddyyyy
%FILEDATE_EX_DMY	File Creation Date	Current Sessions	Up/Down	dd-mm-yyyy
%FILEDATE_EX_MDY	File Creation Date	Current Sessions	Up/Down	mm-dd-yyyy
%FILEDATE_EX_YMD	File Creation Date	Current Sessions	Up/Down	yyyy-mm-dd
%FILEDIR	Directory Only	Current Session	Up/Down/Commands	string (No Trailing Backslash)
%FILEEXT	Extension Only	Current Session	Up/Down/Commands	string
%FILEFULLNAME	Fully Qualified Filename	Current Session	Up/Down/Commands	string (includes leading ".")
%FILENAME	Filename Only	Current Session	Up/Down/Commands	string
%FILENAME_8.3	Filename Only (FAT32)	Current Session	Up/Down/Commands	string
%FILENOEXT	Filename without Extension	Current Session	Up/Down/Commands	string
%FILEPATH	Directory Only	Current Session	Up/Down/Commands	string (Incl Trailing Slash)
%FILEPATH_8.3	Directory Only (FAT32)	Current Session	Up/Down/Commands	string
%FILESIZE	Size of File	Current Session	Up/Down/Commands	Bytes
%FILETIME	File Creation Time	Current Sessions	Up/Down	Locale Specific
%FILETIME_24H	File Creation Time	Current Sessions	Up/Down	hh:mm:ss
%FILETIME_EX	File Creation Time	Current Sessions	Up/Down	hhmmss
%FTOT	Number of Files Transferred	All Sessions	Up/Down	integer
%FTOTALL	Number of Files Transferred	All Sessions	Up/Down	integer
%FUP	Number of Files Transferred	Current Session	Uploaded	integer
%FUPALL	Number of Files Transferred	All Sessions	Uploaded	integer
%GBDOWN	Data Transferred by FTP-Account	Current Session	Download	GiBytes
%GBDOWNALL	Data Transferred by FTP-Account	All Sessions	Download	GiBytes
%GBTOT	Data Transferred by FTP-Account	All Sessions	Up/Down	GiBytes
%GBUP	Data Transferred by FTP-Account	Current Session	Upload	GiBytes
%GBUPALL	Data Transferred by FTP-Account	All Sessions	Upload	GiBytes
%KBDOWN	Data Transferred by FTP-Account	Current Session	Download	KiBytes
%KBDOWNALL	Data Transferred by FTP-Account	All Sessions	Download	KiBytes
%KBTOT	Data Transferred by FTP-Account	All Sessions	Up/Down	KiBytes
%KBUP	Data Transferred by FTP-Account	Current Session	Upload	KiBytes
%KBUPALL	Data Transferred by FTP-Account	All Sessions	Upload	KiBytes
%LOCALIP	IP Address	System	Obtained from Network	string
%LOGFILE	Current Log-File	Software Settings	Management -> Logging -> Log Settings	string
%LOGFILEOLD	Previous Log-File	Software Settings	Obtained from Software	string
%MAXUSERS	Max Number of FTP-Clients	Software Settings	Management -> Settings -> General	integer
%MBDOWN	Data Transferred by FTP-Account	Current Session	Download	MiBytes
%MBDOWNALL	Data Transferred by FTP-Account	All Sessions	Up/Down	MiBytes
%MBTOT	Data Transferred by FTP-Account	All Sessions	Up/Down	MiBytes
%MBUP	Data Transferred by FTP-Account	Current Session	Upload	MiBytes
%MBUPALL	Data Transferred by FTP-Account	All Sessions	Upload	MiBytes
%PCOSVER	OS Version	System	Obtained from OS	string
%PCPROC	CPU	System	Obtained from OS	string
%PCRAM	RAM	System	Obtained from OS	string
%S_IP	Server IP delimited by commas	System	Obtained from OS	string
%SERVERDATE	Current Date	System	Obtained from OS	Locale Specific
%SERVERDAYS	Uptime Days	Software State	Obtained from Software	integer
%SERVERGBALL	Data Transferred	Software Install Date	Up/Down	GiBytes
%SERVERGBDOWN	Data Transferred	Software Install Date	Downloaded	GiBytes
%SERVERGBUP	Data Transferred	Software Install Date	Uploaded	GiBytes
%SERVERHOURS	Uptime Hours	Software State	Obtained from Software	integer
%SERVERIP	IP Address	System	Obtained from OS	string
%SERVERKBALL	Data Transferred	Software Install Date	Up/Down	KiBytes
%SERVERKBDOWN	Data Transferred	Software Install Date	Downloaded	KiBytes
%SERVERKBUP	Data Transferred	Software Install Date	Uploaded	KiBytes
%SERVERLOCALHOST	Server Local-Hostname	System	Obtained from Network	string
%SERVERMBALL	Data Transferred	Software Install Date	Up/Down	MiBytes
%SERVERMBDOWN	Data Transferred	Software Install Date	Downloaded	MiBytes
%SERVERMBUP	Data Transferred	Software Install Date	Uploaded	MiBytes
%SERVERMINS	Uptime Minutes	Software State	Obtained from Software	integer
%SERVERSECS	Uptime Seconds	Software State	Obtained from Software	integer
%SERVERSPEED	Data Transferred	Software Install Date	Up/Down	Bytes/Sec
%SERVERSPEEDKB	Data Transferred	Software Install Date	Up/Down	KiBytes/Sec
%SERVERSPEEDMB	Data Transferred	Software Install Date	Up/Down	MiBytes/Sec
%SERVERTIME	Current Time	System	Obtained from OS	HH:MM:SS
%SERVERTIMEUP	Uptime Since Restart	Software State	Obtained from Software	99days 23:59:59
%SERVERTOTUPTIME	Total Uptime in Seconds	Software State	Obtained from Software	integer
%SERVERVERSION	Version of FTP-Server	Software State	About	string
%SESSIONAVG	Average number of files	Software Restart Date	Up/Down	integer
%SESSIONFILESALL	Files Transferred	Software Restart Date	Up/Down	integer
%SESSIONFILESDOWN	Files Transferred	Software Restart Date	Downloaded	integer
%SESSIONFILESUP	Files Transferred	Software Restart Date	Uploaded	integer
%SESSIONGBALL	Data Transferred	Software Restart Date	Up/Down	GiBytes
%SESSIONGBDOWN	Data Transferred	Software Restart Date	Downloaded	GiBytes
%SESSIONGBTOTAL	Data Transferred	Software Restart Date	All Data + Protocol Bytes	GiBytes
%SESSIONGBUP	Data Transferred	Software Restart Date	Uploaded	GiBytes
%SESSIONKBALL	Data Transferred	Software Restart Date	Up/Down	KiBytes
%SESSIONKBDOWN	Data Transferred	Software Restart Date	Downloaded	KiBytes
%SESSIONKBTOTAL	Data Transferred	Software Restart Date	All Data + Protocol Bytes	KiBytes
%SESSIONKBUP	Data Transferred	Software Restart Date	Uploaded	KiBytes
%SESSIONMBALL	Data Transferred	Software Restart Date	Up/Down	MiBytes
%SESSIONMBDOWN	Data Transferred	Software Restart Date	Downloaded	MiBytes
%SESSIONMBTOTAL	Data Transferred	Software Restart Date	All Data + Protocol Bytes	MiBytes
%SESSIONMBUP	Data Transferred	Software Restart Date	Uploaded	MiBytes
%SITEWHO	Listing of other online clients	Software State	Obtained from Software	string
%TIME	Current Time	System	Obtained from OS	HH:MM:SS
%TIME_24H	Current Time	System	Obtained from OS	HH:MM:SS
%TIME_EX	Current Time	System	Obtained from OS	HHMMSS
%TMIN	Minutes since connected	Current Session	Obtained from Software	integer
%TOPALL	Most Frequently Accessed Files	All Time	Management -> Settings -> Stat Generator	integer
%TOPDAY	Most Frequently Accessed Files	Day	Management -> Settings -> Stat Generator	integer
%TOPMONTH	Most Frequently Accessed Files	Month	Management -> Settings -> Stat Generator	integer
%TOPWEEK	Most Frequently Accessed Files	Week	Management -> Settings -> Stat Generator	integer
%TSEC	Seconds since connected	Current Session	Obtained from Software	integer
%UCURRENTDIR	Current Working Directory	Current Session	Current Working Directory	string
%UFILESPEED	Last Transfer Speed	Current Session	Obtained from Software	Bytes
%UFILESPEEDKB	Last Transfer Speed	Current Session	Obtained from Software	KiBytes
%UFILESPEEDMB	Last Transfer Speed	Current Session	Obtained from Software	MiBytes
%UHOME	User Home Directory	Current Session	Obtained from Software	string
%UHOSTNAME	Hostname of IP Address	Current Session	Obtained from Network	ahost.adomain.com
%UIADDRESS	User Account: Address	User Settings	User Manager -> Additional -> Contact Info	string
%UICITY	User Account: City	User Settings	User Manager -> Additional -> Contact Info	string
%UID	User Account: ID	User Settings	User Manager -> Additional -> Contact Info	string
%UIEMAIL	User Account: Email	User Settings	User Manager -> Additional -> Contact Info	string
%UIFAX	User Account: Fax	User Settings	User Manager -> Additional -> Contact Info	string
%UINAME	User Account: Name	User Settings	User Manager -> Additional -> Contact Info	string
%UINOTES	User Account: Notes	User Settings	User Manager -> Additional -> Contact Info	string
%UIP	IP Address (same as %CLIENTIP)	Current Session	Obtained from Network	192.168.0.1
%UIPHONEHOME	User Account: Phone (Home)	User Settings	User Manager -> Additional -> Contact Info	string
%UIPHONEWORK	User Account: Phone (Work)	User Settings	User Manager -> Additional -> Contact Info	string
%UNAME	Account-Name (same as %CLIENTNAME)	Current Session	User Manager -> Login -> Group Name	aaccountname
%UQUOTA	Quota: Current Usage	Current Session	User Manager -> Private P2P	Bytes
%UQUOTACURRENTGB	Quota: Current Usage	Current Session	User Manager -> Private P2P	GiBytes
%UQUOTACURRENTKB	Quota: Current Usage	Current Session	User Manager -> Private P2P	KiBytes
%UQUOTACURRENTMB	Quota: Current Usage	Current Session	User Manager -> Private P2P	MiBytes
%UQUOTAMAX	Quota: Max Avail	Current Session	User Manager -> Private P2P	Bytes
%UQUOTAMAXGB	Quota: Max Avail	Current Session	User Manager -> Private P2P	GiBytes
%UQUOTAMAXKB	Quota: Max Avail	Current Session	User Manager -> Private P2P	KiBytes
%UQUOTAMAXMB	Quota: Max Avail	Current Session	User Manager -> Private P2P	MiBytes
%URATIO	Private P2P: Current Ratio	Current Session	Up/Down	float
%URATIOCREDIT	Private P2P: Current Credit	Current Session	Download	Bytes
%URATIOCREDITGB	Private P2P: Current Credit	Current Session	Download	GiBytes
%URATIOCREDITKB	Private P2P: Current Credit	Current Session	Download	KiBytes
%URATIOCREDITMB	Private P2P: Current Credit	Current Session	Download	MiBytes
%URATIODOWN	Private P2P: Current Ratio	Current Session	Download	float
%URATIOUP	Private P2P: Current Ratio	Current Session	Upload	float
%USPEEDLIMIT	Max Allowed Bandwidth	User Account	Up/Down	integer
%UTIMEOUT	Current Timeout for User-Account	User Account	N/A	integer

FEATURE: “reload” command-line parameter

This HOWTO video shows the process of executing the “reload” command at the command line to reload changes made to the USERS file.

1) BPS currently running as a SERVICE
2) Logging into BPS using “ftp.exe”
3) While the ftp-client is still connected
4) Change the “bpftpserver-users.ini” and edit the password
5) Issue the “bpftpserver -reload” command
6) BPS launches another instance to instruct the current instance to reload the configuration
7) The original ftp-client is still connected
8) Disconnect original ftp-client and try to login as old password (doesn’t work, since it was changed)
9) Try to login as the new password, it works.

HOWTO: Add Anonymous ftp-user to BPFTP Server

1) Switch to "User Manager" 2) Click "Add User" 3) Enter the name for the account as "anonymous" — 1) Switch to “User Manager”
2) Click “Add User”
3) Enter the name for the account as “anonymous”

1) Switch to "Login" 2) Turn OFF the requirement for a "Password" for the account... — 1) Switch to “Login”
2) Turn OFF the requirement for a “Password” for the account…

1) Switch to "Access" 2) Right-Click in the empty part of the window. 3) Click Add. — 1) Switch to “Access”
2) Right-Click in the empty part of the window.
3) Click Add.

1) Choose the directory you want the anonymous user to access. Recommend: c:\ftp\anonymous — 1) Choose the directory you want the anonymous user to access.
Recommend: c:\ftp\anonymous

1) It's recommended that the anonymous user have the following rights to only allow the "uploading" of files to your ftp-server. TIP: This will keep people from using your ftp-server as a "dump-site" for trading of nefarious files. 2) Click "Save and Close" — 1) It’s recommended that the anonymous user have the following rights to only allow the “uploading” of files to your ftp-server.
TIP: This will keep people from using your ftp-server as a “dump-site” for trading of nefarious files.
2) Click “Save and Close”

ROUTERS: Inactivity-Timeout and Keep-Alives

Inactivity-Timeout and Keep-Alives

426 Connection closed; transfer aborted. Error #10057

During a data-transfer (directory-listings or file-transfers), the control-connection (tcp/ip default 21, used to login and issue commands) is IDLE.

When this control-connection is IDLE, other pieces of networking-equipment between yourself and the ftp-client could choose to close idle connections with a function called “Inactivity Timeout”. This “Inactivity Timeout” can be found in the ftp-client’s first hop to the internet (their wifi/nat router), it could be found in the upstream routers through their ISPs, it can also be found in your own first-hop to the internet. Basically they are everywhere, but the first place is to set this value in your own hardware that provides routing to the internet (example below).

To combat this, the NOOP command (aka Keep-Alive) was made for ftp-clients in the RFC spec. During lengthy transfers, the ftp-client needs to send a NOOP command across the ftp-control-connection; this will keep the connection active with periodic “chatter”.

NOOP command listed in RFC spec of commands:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FTP_commands

FEATURE: Allow Multiple Instances

“Allow Multiple Instances” is a new function as of v2014.1.0.15 that allows you to run multiple copies of the software, each with it’s own set of Settings, Users/Groups. This is very useful for organizations which provide ftp-services for their clients and would like to keep the groups of ftp-users in their own separate instance.

It’s also very useful for controlling bandwidth used by each instances, as multiple IPs can be bound to the computer’s NIC, allowing for fine-grained control of bandwidth, traffic shapping, etc in their networking-hardware; each instance would then use the “Multi-IP” setting to only listen to specific IPs. (Management -> Settings -> Multi-IP)

Allow Multiple Instances: Create Shortcut

Allow Multiple Instances: Shortcut Properties

Allow Multiple Instances: Shortcut Double-Click to Start

Allow Multiple Instances: Import, Automatic Search for Installations

Allow Multiple Instances: Import, Manually from Specified Folder

Allow Multiple Instances: Example Files for Import

Allow Multiple Instances: Importing Example Files

Allow Multiple Instances: Confirmation of Instance Storage-Path

Allow Multiple Instances: Verification of Instance Storage-Path in Windows Explorer

TIPS: Poor Network Performance in Windows under Virtual Machine

TCP Chimney Offload, Receive Side Scaling, and Network Direct Memory Access

Sounds super awesome huh?!? But what is it?

I have around 20 virtual-machines, running under VMware Workstation, they allow me to test BulletProof FTP Server for Windows under all the different versions, editions and flavors of Windows that now exist. It’s exhausting actually, mostly because I need to perform Windows Updates every few months.

The host for all these virtual-machines, as well as my development, runs on a custom built ASUS Rampage III with Intel Core i7 970 with 6/12 physical/logical cores, 24 GB DDR2 RAM, storage is via ARC-1880i in RAID0+1 of 4x Samsung SSD. Why does any of that matter? Because, I’m trying to underscore that it’s a blazing fast computer.

But I noticed some network-speed problems, specially under Windows 2008 R1 and R2. Part of the issue was that “vmware tools” on the machines were not updated (do this asap, it will run much better), but Windows Update was taking almost an hour; just to see if there were updates. I dig some digging and found a bunch of articles, linked below. If you are having network-performance issues, please look to see if you are affected by this feature…

NOTE: TCP Chimney Offload does not appear to be a feature that is unique to Windows 2008, as I’ve found it set to “automatic” in default installs of Windows 7, 8, Server 2008; “disabled” in Vista.

HOWTO: Is the MAGIC on?
c:\] netsh int tcp show global Querying active state...

TCP Global Parameters ---------------------------------------------- Receive-Side Scaling State : enabled Chimney Offload State : automatic NetDMA State : enabled Direct Cache Acess (DCA) : disabled Receive Window Auto-Tuning Level : normal Add-On Congestion Control Provider : none ECN Capability : disabled RFC 1323 Timestamps : disabled ** The above autotuninglevel setting is the result of Windows Scaling heuristics overriding any local/policy configuration on at least one profile.

HOWTO: Turn Off the MAGIC
c:\] netsh interface tcp set global rss=disabled chimney=disabled autotuninglevel=disabled Ok.

Information about the TCP Chimney Offload, Receive Side Scaling, and Network Direct Memory Access features in Windows Server 2008
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951037

Poor network performance on Windows 2008 Server virtual machine (1009517)
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1009517

Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows updates very slow download time
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/ca80c34c-a4e5-4027-880a-9646aa80b352/windows-server-2008-r2-windows-updates-very-slow-download-time

NETSH to disable advanced features
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/exchange/en-US/968afa2d-e326-49f2-b6a8-1f264e82beea/netsh-to-disable-advanced-features?forum=exchange2010

The effect of TCP Chimney offload on viewing network traffic
http://blogs.technet.com/b/networking/archive/2008/11/14/the-effect-of-tcp-chimney-offload-on-viewing-network-traffic.aspx

HOWTO: Purchase an Upgrade to your License

BulletProof FTP Server is licensed via different Editions and include unique features.

As an example, while using the software you encounter a feature that isn’t available in your current license. You purchased the “Professional Edition”, but you recently discovered the very powerful “Management -> Events Manager”, and you’d like to email someone whenever a file is uploaded.

No problem! We’ve built the software to allow upgrading your license and we’ll apply 100% of your original purchase towards the upgrade! This allows you the flexibility to scale up, at anytime, without a penalty!

The "Technical Support Permission Key" is: 902djlx0qojs — The “Technical Support Permission Key” is:
`902djlx0qojs`

KNOWN PROBLEM: Slow Startup after Several Weeks of Heavy Usage

KNOWN PROBLEM: Slow Startup after Several Weeks of Heavy Usage

In order to provide information on Server Monitor -> Files Uploaded/Downloaded, the software writes entries into secondary files stored in the Storage-Location directory. These files contain one-line per file uploaded/downloaded and as the usage of the program increases, these files get bigger and bigger. Start-Up of the program will be effected as these files increase in size and the time to load the file into memory increases (and the footprint in memory increases).

Server Monitor -> Files Downloaded/Uploaded

To resolve this problem, it’s necessary to manually archive these files to another location; this will “reset” the statistics found in Server Monitor -> Files Uploaded/Downloaded.

You can manually archive these files:
1) Closing BulletProof FTP Server and ensure the SERVICE is not current running/active
2) Use My Computer or a Command-Prompt and navigate to the Storage-Location.
3) Locate the files named below and move them to some archive directory of your choosing (or delete them):
bpftpserver-common-downloads.ini bpftpserver-common-uploads.ini
4) Start BulletProof FTP Server

NOTE: In a later version, this will be resolved with a re-organization and re-write of this function in order to save the information in a way that doesn’t affect performance.