I seem to able to access the machine I want to, but, a *write* attempt is leading to failure, even though I am only trying to read a directory list from an ftp server. >> read ftp://199.105.186.51 connecting to: 199.105.186.51 ** User Error: Server error: tcp 530 Anonymous FTP access denied.. ** Where: read ftp://199.105.186.51 >> read ftp://ftp_xing:[EMAIL PROTECTED] connecting to: 199.105.186.51 ** Script Error: Cannot use write on this type port. ** Where: write-io sub-port #{05020002} 4 read-io >> system/schemes/ftp/proxy/host == "proxy.esn.instinet.com" >> system/schemes/ftp/proxy/port-id == 21 >> system/schemes/ftp/proxy/type == cern >> Get your FREE Email and Voicemail at Lycos Communications at http://comm.lycos.com