"Basically an e-mail client with something extra, Remotebot needs to be installed on at least two computers -- your work and home computers, for example. Use the Remotebot Wizard to setup and configure the program for use. The program's built-in security features let you specify which e-mail addresses and computers that are authorized to use Remotebot.

Once you've installed and configured Remotebot on two or more computers, you can start requesting files via the RemoteBot Explorer interface. Retrieving files is actually a two-step process: first, use the Explorer to request a directory listing, repeating this step until you arrive at the right directory. When you find the file you wish to download, simply highlight its title in Explorer, and click once to download.

The length of time it takes the file to transfer depends on the size of the file and the speed of your Internet connection -- not to mention the speed of the connection at the remote computer. Since the file transfer is taking place through your e-mail accounts, you may want to find out if your ISP imposes a limit on the size of the file attachments sent in e-mail. Many services will return any file that's over 3 - 5MB in size."