Hi Daniel,

I would just like to thank you for all your efforts. We now have a working
solution despite the "unusual aspects) of the FTP server we are connecting
to.

Regards,

Ian

-----Original Message-----
From: curl-users-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se
[mailto:curl-users-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se]On Behalf Of Daniel Stenberg
Sent: 27 January 2005 12:43
To: ian_at_firstb2b.net; curl tool talk
Subject: RE: FTP Account Request

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005, Ian Ford wrote:

> However we are now getting another error that suggests to me that the FTP
> server we are connecting to is far from standard. I know if I connect
> manually using ftp, before we can do anything we have to switch passive
mode
> OFF, by entering "passive". I tried "PASV" but it refused that command.

Use the -P option. The server seems to not support PASV. Very old servers
have
been known to only support PORT...

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