Secure file transfer, in FileChimp Central Max
Send and receive files securely, straight from Outlook
Send large files by secure link, ask clients for theirs, share whole folders with them, and file everything that comes back into the right folder. Self-hosted on your own server, so your files never pass through our cloud, and your administrator decides exactly how it works.
Included in FileChimp Central Max, and in every free trial. People you send to or ask for files need no account and cost nothing.
What it does
No more attachment limits, lost links or client files stuck in inboxes
It works in the same FileChimp pane your team already uses, in new and classic Outlook, on the web, on Mac and on phones.
Send large files from any Outlook
Drop files on the Files tab while you write. They upload, and a secure link goes into your email. Outlook’s attachment size limit doesn’t apply.
Ask clients for files
Add a request to your email and say what you need. Your client uploads from the link, with no account, and you are emailed when the files arrive.
Filed where they belong
What arrives goes into the client’s or project’s folder on your file server or SharePoint in one click, recorded in your filing history like any email.
Send from company folders
Send files or whole folders straight from your file shares, SharePoint and OneDrive, without downloading them first. A SharePoint link can always give the latest version.
Secure notes
For a password or bank details: the note is shown once, then deleted, and you get an email when it has been read.
Know who has what
Everyone gets their own link, so you see who downloaded which file and when. Optional emails tell you when files are first downloaded or a link is about to end.
Under your control
Your administrator decides how it works
Every part is set in Central’s web dashboard, for the whole company. Start with the sensible defaults, then tighten or relax them as you need.
What people can use
- Turn file transfer on or off, or just sending, asking for files or secure notes
- Who may share folders (staff, only administrators, or nobody), locations that must never be shared, and how often shares are reviewed
- Large attachments at Send: leave them, offer a secure link, or require one, above a size you choose
- File types people outside may not send you
How links behave
- How long links last, and whether people may change or extend them
- Links that never end only if you allow them, with regular reviews
- Download once, passwords and email confirmation: off, the sender’s choice, or always
- The largest send and upload, and the space transfers may use
Where files are kept, and how they look
- On your server, on a network share, or in a SharePoint site of your own
- Your logo, colours, font, contact line and footer on every page your clients see
- Which emails senders get, and every transfer’s history for administrators
Safe by default
Self-hosted: your files stay on your own server
No third-party file sharing service and no separate appliance. Secure file transfer runs on the FileChimp Central server you already have, in your office or your own cloud server, and you decide where files are kept.
Checked for viruses
Every file is checked by Microsoft Defender before anyone can download it, including everything your clients upload.
Encrypted, and kept by you
Files are encrypted on your server with a key only it can read, or kept in your own SharePoint. Nothing is held in our cloud.
Only the pages they need
People outside reach a separate service that shows only the download and upload pages, never your dashboard, and repeated guessing is blocked.
What you need
- FileChimp Central Max on your server, or a free trial, which includes file transfer.
- One port forwarded on your router to the server, so people outside can reach the download and upload pages. Outside port 443 is best. The Transfers page checks it from outside for you.
- Microsoft Defender, which is built into Windows Server, for the virus checks.
The technical pack covers the setup in detail.
Questions
Which plan includes secure file transfer?
FileChimp Central Max, which also searches every document on your shares and adds AI. It is included in every free trial, so you can try it with your own clients before you buy.
Can we send large files from Outlook?
Yes. While writing an email, open FileChimp’s Files tab (or click Send large files on the classic Outlook ribbon), choose files or pick them from your company folders, and a secure link goes into the email. Outlook’s attachment limit doesn’t apply. Your administrator sets the largest send.
Can clients send files to us?
Yes. Ask for files from the same tab. Your client uploads from the link with no account, you are emailed when the files arrive, and File to… puts them in the client’s folder.
Can we share a folder with a client?
Yes. On the dashboard’s Transfers page, share a folder from your file server or SharePoint (one you can open yourself) with people or a contact group, as View, Upload only, View and upload, or View, upload and replace (the old file is kept as a version only you see). They sign in with their email address and a code and see the folder as it is now. Nobody outside can delete or rename anything, and what they send in is virus-checked and filed into the folder.
Do the people we send to need an account?
No, and they cost nothing. Each person gets their own link. Your administrator can ask them to confirm their email address with a code, and can require a password.
What can our administrator control?
Everything: whether people can send, ask for files or send secure notes; who may share folders, which locations may never be shared and how often shares are reviewed; how long links last; whether downloads are once only, need a password or an email code; size limits; blocked file types; what happens to large attachments at Send; where files are kept; which emails senders get; and how the pages your clients see look.
Is it self-hosted?
Yes. It runs on your own FileChimp Central server, in your office or your own cloud server, and files are kept there, on a network share, or in a SharePoint site of your own. They never pass through our cloud. Our servers only handle licensing, and send sign-in codes and notification emails if you don’t use your own mail server.
Is it secure?
Files are checked by Microsoft Defender before anyone can download them. They are encrypted on your own server, or kept in a SharePoint site of your own. People outside only reach the download and upload pages, and every download is recorded.
What do we need to set up?
Central Max on your server and one port forwarded on your router (outside port 443 is best). The Transfers page in the dashboard checks it from outside for you.
Can it replace large attachments automatically?
Your administrator chooses: leave them as attachments, offer a secure link, or require one, above a size you set. Emails only to people in your company can be left alone.
Send it, track it, file it
Try FileChimp Central free for 2 weeks, with secure file transfer included.
