Xemacs, Vista, and package install (ftp problem)

21.5.27 native binary for Windows (Vista Ultimate with all updates). I'm trying to use Xemacs under Vista Ultimate....everything works well except when I try to update the package index, ftp doesn't work. I get a popup dialog that says "*ftp anonymous(a)ftp.xemacs.org* seems not a pty. Kill?" I have cygwin installed on this machine, but use Windows' ftp (besides I don't find a cygwin ftp.exe in .../bin/). I've googled for the above error message and there are posts about it but I've not been able to find a clear solution. My real objective is to run gnus. When I try that an error message in the minibuffer window appears: "Cannot open load file: %s: sha1". I have Xemacs working great on an XP Pro machine, and hope it can work equally well with Vista. Hey I'd rather be using Unix or a variant, but.... Ralph Finch, P.E. California Dept. of Water Resources Delta Modeling Section, Bay-Delta Office Room 215-13 1416 9th Street Sacramento CA 95814 916-653-7552 rfinch(a)water.ca.gov _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Beta mailing list XEmacs-Beta(a)xemacs.org http://calypso.tux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-beta