GreenArrow Email Software Documentation

FTP Server

Studio’s FTP server can be used to upload lists of subscribers which can then be imported into either Mailing Lists or Suppression Lists.

FTP Client Configuration

Please use the following settings when configuring an FTP client to connect to GreenArrow’s FTP server:

Server Name

The domain name portion of the URL that you visit when logging in to GreenArrow’s web interfaces. For example, if you login to GreenArrow Studio at https://example.drhinternet.net/ga, then the server name to use is example.drhinternet.net.

Username and Password

The same as what you use for GreenArrow Studio’s web interface.

TLS

If your FTP client has a STARTTLS option, then we recommend enabling it, but this is not required.

FTP Client Configuration Example

Here’s an example of to configure the Cyberduck FTP client, which is available for Windows and macOS:

  1. Launch Cyberduck.
  2. Click on the “Open Connection” link:

    cyberduck-open-connection

  3. Enter the following values, then click “Connect”:
    1. Server - the domain name portion of the URL that you visit when logging in to GreenArrow’s web interfaces.
    2. Username - the username that you use to login to GreenArrow Studio’s web interface.
    3. Password - the password that you use to login to GreenArrow Studio’s web interface. cyberduck-settings
  4. Switch to FTP-SSL if prompted:

    cyberduck-switch-to-ftp-ssl

FTP Server Configuration

The /var/hvmail/control/pure-ftpd.args configuration file contains a list of arguments to pass to the FTP server. Here are the default arguments:

--tls=1 --chrooteveryone -lextauth:/var/run/hvmail-pure-authd-studio.sock -O clf:/var/hvmail/log/pure-ftpd/xfer.log

See Pure-FTPd’s README file for a list of available arguments.

Changes to the above file are applied by restarting the FTP server:

svc -t /service/hvmail-pure-ftpd

The Default TLS Certificate is presented to clients in TLS-encrypted sessions.


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