On Oct 13, 2008, at 4:27 PM, Robert Wohlhueter wrote:

<snip>

>
> 100  481k  100  481k    0     0   116k      0  0:00:04  0:00:04
> --:--:--  124k
> curl --connect-timeout 30 -f -L -A 'fink/0.28.3' -P - -O
> ftp://ftp.cac.washington.edu/imap/old/imap-2006k.tar.Z
>
> curl: (7) couldn't connect to host
> ### execution of curl failed, exit code 7
> Downloading the file "imap-2006k.tar.Z" failed.
>
> [...and several retries don't improve the situation...]
>
> About connectivity generally, I can say that email works fine (I'm  
> using
> it right now), and web-connectivity seems unimpaired.  Any reason why
> `curl` should not be able to connect?  Any way of specifically testing
> `curl` connectivity?
>
> Thanks for help with either error,
>
> Bob Wohlhueter
>

It's possible that the remote host was momentarily down--I was able to  
download the tarball just a bit ago.

That email and web access work does not preclude other services from  
not working.  If your machine is behind a firewall, it's not  
impossible that the TCP port for FTP has been blocked, (not specific  
to curl, but would happen with any attempt to FTP).  You might try  
running "fink configure" and make sure you have passive transfers  
turned on.



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