I have a problem talking to an FTP server through my proxy server at the office. I'm getting through the proxy server OK, and I'm sure I'm talking to the FTP server on the other end, but wget insists on sending an HTTP GET instead of an FTP GET.
The reason I know this is because the download hangs, and the downloaded file consists of the dialog between wget and the FTP server. First the FTP server announces itself, followed by the HTTP GET request from wget, and then the error messages from the FTP server. I'm invoking wget with an ftp:// URL. How do I persuade wget to use FTP commands instead of HTTP? Or is the proxy server I need to persuade? This seems to be a problem only with a proxy server in the middle. A direct connection from home (through a NAT firewall, that is) is no problem. Please cc this email account with your reply.
