Adding a Drive Account for Faspex

Use the Drive new account setup wizard to configure a new package transfer account. Have the following information available before configuring an account:

The steps below assume that you have Drive installed and running.

To add a Faspex account to Drive, do the following:

  1. In the menu bar, click the Drive icon and select Preferences > Accounts.
  2. Click to add a transfer account.
    The New Account wizard opens.
  3. Fill in the fields with the following information about the Faspex transfer server:
    Field Description
    Name A name for the account. The name is used only by Drive.
    Address The URL for the server that is running Faspex.

    Click Next.

  4. Enter your credentials on the transfer server:
    Field Description
    Username The username that you have on the Faspex server.
    Password The password that you have on the Faspex server.
    Drive then validates the connection.
  5. If you are prompted to confirm the server's security certificate, indicate whether you trust the server.
  6. Set up a package downloading:
    • Choose Automatically download my packages to and enter or browse to a location where you'd like to store your downloaded Faspex packages.

      or

    • Choose I'd rather not set up automatic downloading now. You can change this setting later if you wish.
  7. If you opted to set up package downloading in the previous step, now select a timeframe:
    • Choose to download packages from a date in the past.

      Select Download my packages from date sent and choose an option from the drop-down:

      • Yesterday (default)
      • A week ago
      • A month ago
      • The beginning of time

      or

    • Choose to download packages from now on.
    Click Next.
  8. Set up how you will check for new packages:
    • Choose Check for new packages and select an automated time interval from the drop-down list.

      or

    • Choose to check for packages manually.
  9. Click Finish to complete creating the package transfer account.