ML>> hunh? the program isn't meant to be able to log into a ftp
 ML>> server and browse one's way around it and upload/download
 ML>> files??

 GM> Of course it is. I have no trouble using Arachne to connect to
 GM> unprotected FTP sites and browsing and downloading from them.
 GM> So far I haven't tried uploading to one of those sites.

 GM> What I am having trouble with is connecting to and uploading
 GM> to my own private password-protected site with Arachne.

i understand both of those points... however, the wording used indicates
that the program that is/was being discussed was connecting to the site and
then the only option was to connect to another site... i don't know which
program it was, ATM, because the subject line says FTP07 and Arachane has
also been mentioned...

in any case, FTP works via a specific series of steps, no matter what you
think you see happening...

1. connection
2. username request
3. send username
4. password request
5. send password
6. dump you in the base/root directory for that username
   and await commands from remote user

in the above, the odd numbers are what you do and the even numbers are what
the remote does... yes, the above is extremely basic... AIR, in the
previous discussion which prompted my comment you replied to, the program
being used is apparently hiding some of the above steps or doing them
automatically and the end result is that you are not reaching step 6...

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