Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: David Higton Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.misc Subject: Re: Sharing files over the Internet with RISC OS Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2026 17:23:25 GMT Organization: Home Lines: 31 Message-ID: <4415a8bd5c.DaveMeUK@BeagleBoard-xM> References: <5cbd8b5614alexander.ausserstorfer@eclipso.at> Injection-Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2026 17:23:40 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1b43b49f8737347a2d8a15fefcddd0e9"; logging-data="3655101"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19uLGAeFXpOOs1mH9bOmfM5nHGe4FumGPM=" User-Agent: Messenger-Pro/8.03 (MsgServe/8.01) (RISC-OS/5.31) NewsHound/v1.55 Cancel-Lock: sha1:k7SHxBwjpB4O4coK9aJl0H8nqGE= Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.acorn.misc:21826 In message <5cbd8b5614alexander.ausserstorfer@eclipso.at> Alexander Ausserstorfer wrote: > Because my provider is stopping his service, I'm looking for another way to > share files over the internet with RISC OS. > > In the last 24 years I copied files using !SiteMatch and !FTPc to the > server of the provider and people could call it using an URL like > > http://home.chiemgau-net.de/ausserstorfer/Temp/2026-01-31/Laberradweg1.jpg > (90 kB) > > This image is from my last cycle tour from my home to the Sorbs and part of > a report I posted (like here) to Usenet. > > It seems to be difficult to me to find a ftp server today. Somebody > declares that ftp is 'dead'. > > What may be alternatives to that? I still want to use RISC OS of course! The URL you posted above is an http URL, not ftp. It's entirely normal for a hosted website to be read by many users via http, but written by one person - the owner - using ftp. I moved my site recently to Netcup gmbh, who were offering a very low cost service, and I use FTPc to put my files on it. AFAIK, all web hosting works this way. It looks so simple to me that I must have misunderstood your needs? David