On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 11:27:01AM +0100, Ian Collier wrote: > On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 06:09:49PM -0700, Doug Kaufman wrote: > > I have found a FTP server which I can not access from lynx, > > although it works fine from a command-line ftp client. This is > > "ftp://ftp.franken.de";, the server containing many of the MingW ports > > of GNU programs. > > I think the answer is that this server wants a PORT command for every > transfer, but lynx tries "RETR /" and "LIST" without an intervening > PORT command.
w3m is connecting without using a PORT command. I don't see any clues in the strace, but see it going directly to PASV. -- Thomas E. Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net ; To UNSUBSCRIBE: Send "unsubscribe lynx-dev" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
