From: Mike N. 

On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:25:35 +0300, "Antti Kurenniemi"
 wrote:

>a service application (custom app, assume that the app itself works for now
>(it does, I've tested it in another computer)) that forms an FTP connection

  Definitely a programmer ... nested parenthesis, and both are closed

>The problem is, that the service cannot connect to the other server. I can
>connect from the very same server using the same username and password, with
>the command-line FTP client just fine. The Windows Firewall is off. These
>computers are in the same network, and the FTP server is actually just an XP
>Pro machine running under my desk.

    What account is the service running under?   Accounts running as
"SYSTEM" have restricted network access for security reasons.

   Do you actually get an error reported as "Unable to connect"?   Also
confirm that the account it's running under has access to the folder where
it tries to save the results.

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