>Well, FTP seems the first thing that comes to mind for data file transfer. The sender needs an FTP client program and the receiver needs a FTP Server running. The connection would be standard internet connection. Microsoft IIS and IE have the server and the client. http://www.ipswitch.com/ is the company that has products also.

I have tried FTP often in the past and find it slower and more cumbersome than using email attachments / body of text which are read into our receiving systems databases with no user untervention

Colin