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RemoteBot works by transferring files through your existing email
account(s). It acts much like your email application, i.e. Outlook,
Eudora, etc. to send files and messages from one computer to
another. You will need to install RemoteBot on two or more computers
and both computers must be connected to the Internet when you wish to
transfer files. If you have a computer at
work that you wish to get
files from when you arrive home, you should leave that
computer running and connected to the Internet. The following explains setting
up and testing RemoteBot:
What you'll need
To use RemoteBot, you will need:
- Two or more computers
- At least one email account
- The web address of the email account's POP
server, e.g. pop.mail.com, mail.here.net.
- The web address of the email account's SMTP server, e.g.
smtp.mail.com, mail.here.net.
RemoteBot works by transferring files through your existing email
account(s). It acts much like your email application, i.e. Outlook,
Eudora, etc. to send files and messages from one computer to another.
Install
As an example, let's say that you have two
computers, one at work called WORK and one at home, called HOME.
Both computers will share one email address: myemail@mail.com
.
Here are the steps that you should go through to install
RemoteBot.
- Download RemoteBot on both your HOME and WORK.
- On your WORK computer, find the downloaded file
called something like remotebot.zip and unzip it using WinZip or another
unzipping program. (If you downloaded the file ending with .exe,
simply double click it once you have found it.)
- Step through the installation, reading
carefully, until completion.
- On the Start menu in Windows, click on
Programs, and look RemoteBot.
- When RemoteBot starts, you will be taken through additional steps to
set up your mail settings. (For more information click here)
Test your Setup
After RemoteBot is installed:
- Leave RemoteBot running on your WORK computer
and it should be connected to the Internet.
- On your HOME computer, RemoteBot should be set
up and running.
- In the RemoteBot
Manager click on the New Task
button.
- The type of task to select is "Ping" another computer to determine
if it's "alive", then click the Next button. This is a good
way to see if you have set up both computers correctly.
- Enter the email address myemail@mail.com
- Enter the computer name for the work computer, in this case it is
"WORK"
- Click on the Next button to see the confirmation screen which is a
review of the new task. Click on the Finish button.
- The task will be sent to the WORK computer and in a few moments, you
should see a response.
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