Where do I set my PDF files for Downloading?

[Maricuriosa]

I'm new at this! I just want to set some PDF files so my ebay customers can dowload them automatically thru a link. All the steps have been followed so that after they pay thru PayPal an email rule is generated thru Outlook Express, so they get a message reply with a link to the PDF files I'm hosting at Hostmonster.

The thing is that after reading all instructions I'm still don't know where exactly to upload the PDF files or what to do so my customers can download the files themselves. I'm also concern about doing it all wrong or risking the security of my system. I need some one to direct me thru this process.

[Falcon1986]

I would just all of the PDFs into a subdirectory within my public_html directory and edit the script generating the download link to reflect that location.

How is this "rule" being made? And where is the link pointing? If you know these you can probably just edit a few things so that they point to the correct destination.

As a side note: You can force your users to download the PDFs instead of having it load automatically within their web browsers with this little .htaccess edit:

public_html/.htaccess

# Force PDF download
AddType application/octet-stream .pdf

[Maricuriosa]

Thanks for your advise. The PDF files are recipes my customers would buy from me at Ebay. Then they pay me thru PayPal to my Hostmonster email which is configured thru an Outlook Express message rule. The rule simply tells Outlook Express to reply to my buyers with an automatic message which contains a link to the PDF file I'm hosting on Hostmonster. That way the file delivery is automatic and I don't have to do it manually.

I don't have any problems configuring PayPal and Outlook. The thing is that I don't know how to configure Hostmonster, therefore I don't know what link to give my customers to download the PDF file.