[WinMac] Re: FTP and Mac


Robert A. Soper(soper[at]spdc.ti.com)
Tue, 06 Oct 1998 09:48:25 -0500


One more thing to try on the Mac ftp client is to see if you can
upload files in "passive" mode. This should work better with
firewalls and uncooperative servers. In Fetch, passive mode is
enabled on the Firewall tab in the Preferences dialog.

HTH

Robert
soper@ti.com

>Subject: RE: [WinMac] Re: FTP and Mac
>From: "David Linsey" <linseyda@pilot.msu.edu>
>Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 00:47:08 -0400
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>Well I have been getting lots of suggestions on my FTP situation. To
>refresh, a coworker behind a firewall is having trouble uploading, actually
>he can't. He is using a Mac and Fetch and I am using an IBM with War FTPD
>serving it up. He has his own account and upload/download capabilities in
>the folder he is trying to use. He is able to download ok, but it gives him
>an error when he tries to upload. So far, the best and easiest solution for
>him looks like he needs to setup a FTP server on his computer so that to get
>files we both download instead of somebody uploading. Thanks so far, if any
>other ideas come up, let me know!
>

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