How can I get the snapshots directly on my mail so I can just save it on my device and transfer it to my laptop because am finding it difficult accessing the snapshot ftp platform with my device. Thanks Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN

On Wed, April 16, 2014 12:56, Izundu Kingsley wrote:

Hello,

How can I get the snapshots directly on my mail so I can just save it on my device and transfer it to my laptop because am finding it difficult accessing the snapshot ftp platform with my device. Thanks Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN

Obviously, I don't know for sure what kind of device you talk about. However, if it is related to BlackBerry mentioned in your signature in some way (which may be supported by the fact that e-mail service is specifically well supported on BlackBerry), I'm afraid that you are on wrong track.

First, no currently existing version of FPC supports BlackBerry out of the box right now. Depending on the particular version you would be interested in, getting such support working may be feasible with some effort, but it would certainly require using some other device as development machine at least for the start and it would not be a task for a complete novice.

Second, if you cannot ensure download from the FTP server (e.g. using the installed WWW browser or connection to some desktop machine to which you would download it first), it would be very difficult for you to perform any kind of development on such a device.

Obviously, I may be completely wrong with my assumptions and you may be referring to some absolutely different type of embedded device, but at least the second part would most likely still apply.

Tomas

I think his issue is accessing the server from his laptop via a Blackberry device as the modem.

Well, we're speculating here. Accessing e-mails from laptop connected to Internet via BlackBerry device used as a modem isn't easier (or less restricted) compared to other Internet services (or at least compared to WWW browsing if nothing else). If at least WWW browsing works (whereas FTP would be blocked, e.g. because of the network setup), it would be possible to use some public WWW2FTP gateway / proxy server.

One potential case coming to my mind (in the scenariou outlined by you above) would be e-mail traffic going through BlackBerry specific APN which might be charged differently by the mobile network operator (e.g. via flat fee ;-) ) from regular Internet traffic if using the BlackBerry as a modem.

BTW, some of the FTPMAIL servers from Internet prehistory (http://ftp.lanet.lv/ftp/mirror/x2ftp/msdos/programming/x2www/ftpmail.html) might still serve their purpose thus supporting the original request _if_ it is really matter of getting the files to some other device via the e-mail channel.

Tomas