g2Peer gives you a unique ability to share files with your friends from your PC using Gmail accounts. Gmail address is served as unique "IP address" of PC in g2Peer network.

g2Peer should be installed on every PC (unless you use Command Line) and is configured to work with an unique Gmail address through Gmail POP3 or IMAP.

If you would like to share files from your PC with other g2Peer users simply add the user's Gmail addresses to Share Folders list and map addresses to appropriate folders on your PC.

The listed g2Peer users could access your shared folders by simply sending specially prepared e-mail "requests" to your Gmail address and receiving list of shared files available for download.

This chapter provides an overview of necessary steps that should be taken to share files between two computers.

First of all, you should have two Gmail accounts; also g2Peer should be installed on both PCs. Assume we have two machines, where Computer Nr.1 Gmail address is comp_nr1@gmail.com; and Computer Nr.2 Gmail address is comp_nr2@gmail.com. To start sharing files between the Computer Nr.1 and Computer Nr.2 listed below configuration steps should be done.

Step 1: Configure every g2Peer to work with its Gmail account through POP3 or IMAP.

Step 2: Start g2Peer on both computers.

Step 3: Add Computer Nr.1 Gmail address to the Computer Nr.2 Share Folders list; also map folder you would like to share with Computer Nr.1. Do the vice verse on Computer Nr.1.

Step 4: That is all with configuring. Now if you would like to get shared files from Computer Nr.2 simply enter Computer Nr.2 Gmail address in g2Peer installed on Computer Nr.1 and wait until you receive list of shared files. Then download files you need. Do the vice verse if you would like to get shared files from Computer Nr.1 to Computer Nr.2.

To get shared files from Computer Nr.2 does not necessary require installation of g2Peer on Computer Nr.1. Just use commands like ?_list or ?_download sent from your Gmail account to Computer Nr.2 Gmail address. Still Computer Nr.2 should have g2Peer installed and your Computer Nr.1 Gmail address should be listed in Share Folders list (as outlined in Usage Example chapter). It gives you ability to get shared files from any point of the world just login to your Gmail account.

g2Peer supports ?_list and ?_download commands.

List

?_list command allows you to list Computer Nr.2 shared folder content.

Example

Download

?_download command allows you to download files from Computer Nr.2 shared folder to your Computer Nr.1 Gmail account.

Example

Each response e-mail contains detailed instruction on how to extract spanned zip files content.

NOTE: the subject of each response e-mail message contains important information:

<unique message ID>.<total size of spanned zip files>.<total number of spanned zip files>

In our example 20090529160010525.11790377.1 means that we should receive one zip file of total size 11790377 bytes before starting extraction process.