>>>>> "davep" == David A Panariti <davep.xemacs(a)meduseld.net&gt; writes: Michael> Hm, it might be the interactive mode of ftp getting in the Michael> way. Could you try Michael> (setq efs-ftp-program-args '("-e" "-i" "-n" "-g" "-v")) Michael> Moreover, Michael> (setq efs-send-progress-off t) davep> But it looks like you are using FreeBSD (4.6) and you don't davep> see the problem, do you? I've seen it for some time, since davep> about 4.0, so it is not FreeBSD 4.6 specific. Michael> .. but I use the above settings :-) Sorry, I misunderstood you. I thought you meant: try this it *may* help rather than: try this it helped me fix this problem in the past. Looking at efs' defaults: efs-send-progress-off is already t, efs-ftp-program-args is '("-i" "-n" "-g" "-v"), so it must be the -e, since your val for efs-ftp-program-args works for me, too. And works because it stops ftp from using el_gets(). thanks, davep