GM> I opened Arachne, typed alt-D to dial up and log on,
 GM> then entered ftp://my-user-name{at}ftp.my_internet-server>.
 GM> I got a window requesting that I enter my password which
 GM> I did. The connection was made and the screen showed
 GM> "230-Welcome to your FTP Server."

at this point, you should be able to type 'pwd' sans quotes and be told
what your current directory is... 'dir' or 'ls' should give you a list of
the files in the current directory...

 GM> Glenn McCorkle says that at this stage I should see a
 GM> directory of the FTP site, but I don't see anything
 GM> other than the above message.

not unless arachne sends some commands without provocation...

 GM> He admits that there is an error in documentation of
 GM> Arachne, that at this stage you can NOT enter FTP
 GM> commands to do anything, although the doc files seem
 GM> to imply that you can.

that's weird...

)\/(ark