Adrian Aichner <aichner(a)ecf.teradyne.com&gt; wrote: Perhaps it was a transitory problem? It works for me: $ ftp ftp.xemacs.org Connected to xemacs.org. 220 ProFTPD 1.2.0pre10 Server (ProFTPD on ftp.tux.org) [gwyn.tux.org] Name (ftp.xemacs.org:darrylo): ftp 331 Anonymous login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password. Password: 230-+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Welcome to ftp.tux.org! | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | This server and its network connection have been graciously donated by | | Erol's Internet Services of Springfield, Virginia, USA (703) 321-8000. | | | | It is a 350 MHz AMD K6-2 with 128 MB of RAM and running Linux. | | It is administered by Linux user groups in the East Coast of the USA on | | behalf of their members and the Linux community worldwide. | | | | The goal of this FTP site is to provide timely mirrors of Linux-related | | software from all over the world. It is not a complete mirror of all of | | the large sites; instead it combines mirrors of the most important parts | | of the large FTP archives with direct nightly mirrors of many smaller, | | harder-to-find sites plus a growing amount of original content. | | | | If there is something Linux-related you would like to have added to the | | mirror or if you see a problem with something already mirrored here, | | please contact <ftp(a)tux.org&gt;. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 230 Anonymous access granted, restrictions apply. Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. ftp> bye 221 Goodbye. -- Darryl Okahata darrylo(a)soco.agilent.com DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Agilent Technologies, or of the little green men that have been following him all day.