On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 22:35:10 +0100, Marcel Kilgus wrote: > Thierry Godefroy wrote: > > Yes, free.fr is EXCELLENT (and I am pretty demanding on the ISP quality); > > the only grief I got against them is that they do not allow you to setup > > a telnet (or ssh) account on their servers (therefore I cannot transfer > > a my sites contents directly from their server to another: I must re-upload > > everything on the other server...). > > IIRC the FTP protocol allows server to server copies, although hardly > anybody is using it.
Are you speaking about the "PROXY" FTP command: yes it is possible but nevertheless you must stay connected to the ISP while the transfer takes place. with a telnet (or ssh) account you can just launch the ftp locally with a "nohup" and disconnect immediately: the transfer will occur while you are off line (much cheaper !). Thierry.
