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> > >From the stable that brought you Exim, you might also like to try
> > "Prayer":
> >
> > http://www-uxsup.csx.cam.ac.uk/~dpc22/prayer/
> >
> > This was written by one of my colleagues for use in Cambridge.
> >
> > --
> > Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service,
> > ph10@??? Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.
> >
>
> This is probably off-topic for the list; but, I had problems with the
> above "Prayer" website:
>
> When clicking on the "here" link to get to the file downloads
> (ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/email/prayer/), I get a "502
> Illegal PORT command" message. A quick Google search indicates it may
> have something to do with PORT versus PASV FTP modes. It is my
> understanding that PASV is the preferred mode.
>
> However, I could "save target as" to download the HTML generated by
that
> FTP server, edit it to insert the full address into the HREF
statements,
> open it locally, then use the "save target as" feature to download the
> files. Does anyone have any ideas why this might be happening to me?
> Should I be alerting the web page owner, or is it something on my end?
> Any ideas? Thanks.
>
> Philip, if is of value, I would be happy to communicate off-list with
> the ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk FTP server maintainer, in case it is something
on
> their end that might require testing, or if they could give me any
hints
> for fixing my end. Thanks!
>
> Jim Roberts
> Punster Productions, Inc.
>
Follow-up:
I've found that this problems vaporizes if I use Netscape on one of my
Linux machines, instead of IE on my Windoze laptop. Both machines are
behind the same firewall. "Curiouser and curiouser," said Alice.
I apologize for bothering the list.
Jim Roberts
Punster Productions, Inc.
