On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Klaus Hameyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Glenn and others:
> I have a question regarding accessing FTP URLs. When I install > Arachne 1.66 (without any TELNET.APM), I can access URLs such > as ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix without any problem, in spite of the > fact that the APM has not been installed. Klaus....as far as I can remember....all Arachne versions since 1.50 have had built-in FTP download. The .APM has not been required. > This is not the case with Arachne 171UE. "Out-of-the-box", > 171UE will not access an FTP URL. And after installing TELNET.APM, > it behaves exactly the same as far as I can tell. The configuration > files for the two versions are comparable. ...and I am using Arachne 1.71;ue01, "Out-of-the-box" and I just clicked your URL - ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix - and I was taken straight there....it seems to be a directory with some interesting "FreeDOS, OpenDOS, etc" subdirectories....which, of course, I am going to have to come back later to check out.....<g g g> > Is this as intended or am I leaving out some crucial step here? > Since I still have Arachne 1.66 installed, this problem does > not have any serious consequences for me. I'm just curious as to > why this should be. I am not able to answer that immediately....if your 1.66 (I assume it is DOS 1.66 and not Linux 1.66) has built-in FTP which is working, then the built-in 1.71UE01 FTP function should work, too.. ....gregy -- This mail was sent by a user of Arachne - The Ultimate Internet Client
