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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<ServiceConfig xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
+
+    <!-- IncomingDirectory: directory on SourceDrive to watch for new files -->
+    <IncomingDirectory>ATX\INCOMING</IncomingDirectory>
+
+    <!-- ManagedDirectory: directory on SourceDrive where files and folders are
+         moved while queueing for their transfer (sub-directory "PROCESSING")
+         and to store them for deferred delection after a grace period after
+         the transfer (sub-directory "DONE"). -->
+    <ManagedDirectory>ATX\MANAGED</ManagedDirectory>
+
+    <!-- GracePeriod: number of days after data in the "DONE" location expires,
+         which will trigger a summary email to the admin address. -->
+    <GracePeriod>30</GracePeriod>
+
+    <!-- DestinationAlias: friendly name for the target to be used in mails -->
+    <DestinationAlias>Core Facility Storage</DestinationAlias>
+
+    <!-- DestinationDirectory: where files should be transferred to -->
+    <DestinationDirectory>C:\ATX\TARGET</DestinationDirectory>
+
+    <!-- TmpTransferDir: temporary directory relative to DestinationDirectory
+         to be used for running transfers -->
+    <TmpTransferDir>d-vamp-dw</TmpTransferDir>
+
+    <!-- ServiceTimer: interval (in ms) for checking files and parameters -->
+    <ServiceTimer>1000</ServiceTimer>
+
+    <!-- MaxCpuUsage: pause transfer if CPU usage is above this value (in %)-->
+    <MaxCpuUsage>25</MaxCpuUsage>
+
+    <!-- MinAvailableMemory: pause transfer if free RAM is below (in MB) -->
+    <MinAvailableMemory>512</MinAvailableMemory>
+
+
+    <!--  OPTIONAL CONFIGURATION SETTINGS  -->
+
+    <!-- Debug: enable or disable debug log messages -->
+    <Debug>true</Debug>
+
+    <!-- MarkerFile: a file to place in each user's incoming directory, the
+         file itself will be ignored for the transfers -->
+    <MarkerFile>_DO_NOT_ACQUIRE_HERE_.txt</MarkerFile>
+
+    <!-- SmtpHost: SMTP server hostname -->
+    <SmtpHost />
+    <!-- SmtpPort: SMTP server port, defaults to 25 if omitted -->
+    <SmtpPort>25</SmtpPort>
+    <!-- SmtpUserCredential: SMTP user name if authentication required -->
+    <SmtpUserCredential />  
+    <!-- SmtpPasswortCredential: SMTP password if authentication required -->
+    <SmtpPasswortCredential />
+
+    <!--EmailFrom: address to be used as "From:" in notification mails -->
+    <EmailFrom>admin@mydomain.xy</EmailFrom>
+
+    <!-- EmailPrefix: prefix label for email subjects -->
+    <EmailPrefix>[Core Facility] </EmailPrefix>
+
+    <!-- AdminEmailAdress: an email address for admin notifications (including
+         "Fatal" log messages) -->  
+    <AdminEmailAdress>admin@mydomain.xy</AdminEmailAdress>
+
+    <!-- AdminDebugEmailAdress: an email address where to send certain debug
+         messages to, e.g. on completed transfers -->
+    <AdminDebugEmailAdress>admin@mydomain.xy</AdminDebugEmailAdress>
+
+    <!-- SendTransferNotification: send email to user on finished transfers -->
+    <SendTransferNotification>true</SendTransferNotification>
+
+    <!-- SendAdminNotification: notify admins via email of certain events -->
+    <SendAdminNotification>true</SendAdminNotification>
+
+    <!-- AdminNotificationDelta: how long to wait (in minutes) after sending an
+         admin notification before sending the next one -->
+    <AdminNotificationDelta>60</AdminNotificationDelta>
+
+    <!-- GraceNotificationDelta: minimum time (in minutes) between two emails
+         about expired folders in the grace location (default: 720 (12h)) -->
+    <GraceNotificationDelta>720</GraceNotificationDelta>
+
+    <!-- StorageNotificationDelta: how often to send storage notification mails
+         in case one of the drives is below the threshold (in minutes) -->
+    <StorageNotificationDelta>720</StorageNotificationDelta>
+
+    <!-- BlacklistedProcesses: a list of "ProcessName" entries denoting
+         programs that will cause a transfer to be suspended immediately if the
+         name is found in the list of running processes -->
+    <BlacklistedProcesses>
+        <ProcessName>calc</ProcessName>
+        <ProcessName>notepad</ProcessName>
+        <ProcessName>wordpad</ProcessName>
+    </BlacklistedProcesses>
+
+    <!-- EnforceInheritedACLs: whether to enforce ACL inheritance when moving
+         files and directories, see this page for details (DEFAULT: true)
+         https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/320246 -->
+    <EnforceInheritedACLs>false</EnforceInheritedACLs>
+
+    <!--  OPTIONAL CONFIGURATION SETTINGS  -->
+
+</ServiceConfig>
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diff --git a/Resources/conf/host-specific.template.xml b/Resources/conf/host-specific.template.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<ServiceConfig xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
+
+    <!-- HostAlias: friendly name to be used for this machine in mails -->
+    <HostAlias>Confocal Microscope (Room 123)</HostAlias>
+
+    <!-- SourceDrive: local drive to operate on (include the backslash!) -->
+    <SourceDrive>C:\</SourceDrive>
+
+
+    <!--  OPTIONAL CONFIGURATION SETTINGS  -->
+
+    <!-- A list of drive names and space thresholds to be used for monitoring
+         the free space and send notifications if below. -->
+    <SpaceMonitoring>
+        <DriveToCheck>
+            <!-- DriveName: the drive letter followed by a colon -->
+            <DriveName>C:</DriveName>
+            <!-- SpaceThreshold: minimum amount of free megabytes -->
+            <SpaceThreshold>14000</SpaceThreshold>
+        </DriveToCheck>
+        <!--><DriveToCheck>
+            <DriveName>D:</DriveName>
+            <SpaceThreshold>120000</SpaceThreshold>
+        </DriveToCheck><-->
+    </SpaceMonitoring>
+
+    <!-- InterPacketGap: RoboCopy parameter to limit the bandwidth -->
+    <InterPacketGap />
+
+    <!--  OPTIONAL CONFIGURATION SETTINGS  -->
+
+  </ServiceConfig>
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