FileSender is a service for sending large files in a secure way. The university uses CSC FileSender service.
FileSender service
- CSC Funet FileSender: https://filesender.funet.fi/
- available for all university users in Finland
- max. size of the file 300 GB
- expiry time of file, default 7 days
Shortly: A sender uploads a file to the service and a recipient downloads it into workstation. A sender needs the organisation user account or a guest voucher from one who has got a user account. A recipient does not need a user account or a voucher, she/he will get a personal web link in an email message.
Send your file this way:
- Open CSC’s Funet FileSender service and log in through Haka using your university account.
- Select the file/files you want to send and press Next.
- Type in the recipients email addresses in the Send transfer to field.
- Optionally you can type in a Subject and a Message in their respective fields.
- You can also add yourself as a recipient by selecting Include me as a recipient.
- Optionally, you can encrypt the files by selecting Encrypt files with password.
- Set the time until expiration, by default it is set to 7 days.
- Read the terms and conditions and accept them.
- Press Confirm.
- Both the sender and the recipient gets a message by email.
- Sign out.
- You will get a notification when the recipient has downloaded the file.
To receive a file, send a guest voucher:
You can send a guest voucher which grants access to FileSender to someone who does not have the university’s username, but must send a large file. A guest will receive a personal link to the service by email. The guest can upload file to the service once and send it to you or someone else before the expiry date.
- Open CSC’s Funet FileSender service and log in using your university account.
- Click Guests/Kutsu.
- Enter the recipients’ e-mail addresses separated with the comma or with the semi-colon.
- You can write the subject and the message, these fields are optional.
- Enter the expiry date of the voucher, which in the service of the university is max. 7 days and in the service of Funet max. 14 days.
- Send the voucher.
- Both the sender and the recipient gets a message by email. There is a link to the FileSender service in the message.
- Log out.
- You will get a downloading link to your email when the guest sends a file either to you or someone else.