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Re: LYNX-DEV unworkable ftp URLs
From: |
Al Gilman |
Subject: |
Re: LYNX-DEV unworkable ftp URLs |
Date: |
Sun, 25 Jan 1998 09:21:04 -0500 (EST) |
to follow up on what address@hidden said:
> I have had no success downloading certain files with the extention .mp3,
> which files are referenced by URLs similar in form to the following:
> ftp://mp3:address@hidden/humorous/(unknown_-12_pains_of_christmas.mp3
>
> The result of an attempt is normally that Lynx will give the "making FTP
> request" message and wait for a very long time before giving the "unable
> to access document" message. This inability effects both the UNIX
> version and the DOS version, which I have configured to use a proxy and
> which proxy times out with a "network socket" error. I cannot reach these
> URLS using NCFTP either. Neither Lynx nor Ncftp indicates the URL or file
> cannot be found. Does anyone have any ideas as to whether the URLs, as
> they arrear on the status line, are accurate or should be edited in some
> way to get te other side to start sending?
I get
> ftp
ftp> open 128.61.74.20
ftp: connect: Connection refused
ftp>
So unless the server is temporarily down, or is on a non-standard
port at this site, I don't see how this URL is going to be workable
in ftp.
Anybody know about this 'mpc' stuff?
Al Gilman