JB> I just downloaded the MDC listings but they seem to be uncompressed
 JB> text files with a .gz extensions so when I transferred them, the
 JB> line feeds were not converted to carriage return/line feed (which I
 JB> believe is something HTTP transfers will do) 

nope... FTP does this if binary transfers are not used... but the FTP must
also be able to know what is used on both ends of the connection...

)\/(ark