Now that
WEBDAV access to the file storage is available on FastMail, at least for playing (alpha testing) it's a good time to discuss the available options to use WEBDAV, i.e., the available client software we can use on our computers to access this feature (WEBDAV client software).
On LINUX:
Konqueror people just type in webdav://dav.messagingengine.com/ or webdavs://dav.messagingengine.com/ for secure connection (haven't tried it myself(.
On WINDOWS:
Internet explorer can access Fastmail's webdav server. Just use
https://dav.messagingengine.com/ and enter your username and fastmail. All you get are links to files and folders (and once I logged into one account it doesn't even ask me if I want perhaps to access another one).
Windows XP has another way to access webdav: under "My network places" choose "add a network place" from "network tasks" and put the same URL (
https://dav.messagingengine.com/) in the proper place where asked. This gives a better interface that allows file and folder dragging and dropping, double-clicking to open a file etc. I tried to use it to "save file" from an appliation but it failed (after asking me for username and password, despite the fact that it was open in another window and the username and password were supplied just a few seconds before. And then nothing happened, and I wasn't able to save the file) Some people claimed that there are problems with the WinXP built-in webdav client.
Brong said:
It is a limited 20 days trial and then the cheapest license is about $50.
Prognathous said:
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Novell NetDrive is also very nice. It comes with Novell Netware 6.0. but seems to be available for download from many colleges and universities (such as the one in the link). I'm not sure how legal it is for others to use, so if you're worried about that, check the EULA.
Anyway, it just help me map drive W:\ to fastmail, and so far, all is well
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Other than that I found a list of WEBDAV projects here:
http://www.webdav.org/projects/
Anyone has experience with any of the open source solutions? Anyone care to test any with the FastMail alpha server and share their experience? Anyone uses Mac?