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echo: mystic
to: Todd Holcomb
from: Al
date: 2021-08-03 13:32:00
subject: FTP Server Issues

> With a vintage FTP client like Fetch, I can connect to the root directory but
> it errors out when changing directories.  On the server side it appears to
> change directories and list the files but it just stalls out on the client
> side.

This can be an active vs passive mode issue.

If the ftp server wants passive mode but your client is in active mode that can happen. I can sometimes get past this in my classic ftp client by going into passive mode before doing a dir command. Try just entering "passive" without the quotes on the ftp command line before issueing any other commands like dir.

ftp is kind of a cranky protocol, that may or may not help but it's worth a try.

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