-=> Steven Horn said to Greg Mayman
 -=> about "FTP07" on 05-07-03  21:59.....

 SH> Arachne is a relatively recent program -- my copy of 1.70 -- is dated
 SH> 2001 but it may not have been possible to test it with all the systems
 SH> out there.  And who's to say that the server was configured properly. 
 SH> So why worry?  I expect less from DOS freeware than I do from a program
 SH> I paid for. 

Same here. But I don't expect the author to deny its
deficiencies.

Glenn McCorkle is currently working on the next version, and I
assume will be working on other versions after that. If the
software has no "faults" why is he doing that?

Most people would be quite happy with a statement such as "This
software isn't quite perfect, but it is free and we're still
working on making it better."

 SH> But you got connected with Arachne and were then able to call the
 SH> external program.  Give the spider credit for something. :-)

Of course. And I do give full credit to Arachne for the fact that
I can call the external client from within it!

What I DO object to is the statement that when the internal
functions don't work, it is "not a fault."

Some of the suggested solutions implied that I would have to log
off and log on again with another FTP client, as indeed I was
having to do with Arachne and CuteFTP.

Since this cost me an extra local phone call fee, I preferred not
to go this way, especially when I needed to do offline testing,
as was occasionally the case.

From Greg Mayman, in beautiful Adelaide, South Australia
   "Queen City of The South"    34:55 S  138:36 E

... If you're feeling good, don't worry; you'll get over it.
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