Quin,
Regarding your message dated: Monday, March 13, 2000...
QS> I've tried every host entry supplied with WS_FTP, including "Automatic
QS> Detect," (which works with practically everything else), but I only get
QS> the error message, "Couldn't get 'ftp://ftp.ritlabs.com host entry." I'm
QS> using "anonymous" userid and [EMAIL PROTECTED] as password.
I'm no networking expert but I forsee a problem here potentially which
may explain why anonymous FTP often breAIM Keysdown in browsers...
If one wishes to access an FTP site using a browser one normally
composes a URL of the following sort...
ftp://username:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/any-path-within-site/
Since the browser uses the "@" symbol to differentiate the
username/password from the hostname, perhaps the "@" symbol in the
email-address-password you are supplying is messing things up. (I am
only guessing here..)
so, what the browser may be sending is...
ie: ftp://anonymous:[EMAIL PROTECTED]@ftp.ritlabs.com/
^ ^
Two "@" symbols...
As a possible suggestion, try replacing the "@" symbol in your
email-address-password to an "*" character such that the email address
is still accessible to anyone checking the logs of the FTP server but
not problematic to the browser's interpretation of the URL
ie: ftp://anonymous:zinger*[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
I'm sure someone will know a better answer for this and may even be
able to confirm whether or not my guessed answer above is the truth.
Cheers,
Mark
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