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A ghost email address will save you from a whole lot of SPAM. If you own your own web address, whenever you get asked to give your email address, just make one up. Make sure you can receive all incoming mail to your server. If you get SPAM to a particular ghost address, filter it out and you will live a SPAM free life. Well OK, maybe just a little less SPAM than before. But at least you’ll know who the offender might be.

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Moving big files through the internet can prove to be one of the most challenging things to do. There are issues of transfer speeds, dropped connections and file size restrictions.

What’s available right now?

1. Email - Most servers have a file size limit for attachments
2. FTP to a server - Most servers have a size limit
3. P2P - Peer to peer transfer is not a private network
4. iChat - Does not provide “Resume” in case you need to reconnect
5. FTP Sharing - Not any size restriction other that your hard drive, can support many connections

This guide will help you set up an FTP server on your Mac in less than 15 minutes using PureFTPd. We’re not setting up the FTP Sharing that comes as part of Mac OSX because that one is tied in to an OSX user. On the other hand, PureFTPd allows you to set up FTP users just for FTP access. It allows you to disconnect them, limit their bandwidth, monitor their activity etc. We are also going to set it up using no-ip.com, a service that will give u a server name in case your dynamic IP address changes.

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