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Pros

Cons

  • Best for your ERP/WMS to receive the files in your environment

  • Robust as SFTP protocols support validation of delivery

  • Hosting of SFTP server

Details Required

  • Host

  • Port

  • Username

  • Password

  • Static External IPs used to connect to be added to the allow-lilst

  • Our environment will save the private key provided by your SFTP server in the initial login and use it in subsequent authentications.

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  • or Public key of the server

  • Allow list our outgoing SFTP server IP Allowlisting EFM URLs & IP Addresses

  • Provide the fingerprint of the public key, as we use that to validate that we are connecting to the correct server.

HTTP POST

We can send XML data to an API endpoint but it is a one way transaction of data, we do not match and find references to reconcile the consignment details to.

Pros

Cons

  • Secure transmission of file

  • Configuration of an API endpoint required

Details Required

  • HTTPS Endpoint only

  • Subdirectory (if relevantEFM specific authentication (ie no unauthenticated endpoints)

FTP (TLS ONLY if SFTP is not an option)

Pros

Cons

  • Suitable if you cannot setup an SFTP serverThe file is not encrypted when sent across

  • The file can be intercepted easily

Details Required

  • Host

  • Username

  • Password

  • Port

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Pros

Cons

  • Suitable if you cannot setup an SFTP server

  • We cannot validate delivery of the file

  • If a receiver of the report leaves your organisation, the fail mail may end up in a black holenot being delivered.

Details Required

  • Email address