Lynx fails for me, too (version 2.8rel.2)... in my case it's because my
router blocks the returning data connection from the FTP server.
Apparently lynx doesn't know how to do passive FTP. Perhaps your problem
is similar?
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On Sun, 19 Sep 1999, Jeff Taylor wrote:
> I am using Lynx Version 2.8.3dev.9 (13 Sep 1999) and it just hangs on
> the ftp://kookbera... address.
>
> Jeff
>
>
> Quoting Frederik Lindberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 10:12:36AM -0500, Mark Thomas wrote:
> > > When you double click on this address(or cut and paste it), do you get to
> > > this site, or do you get errors. Http://www.pobox.com/~djb/qmail.html
> > >
> > > Because, if you can get there, I have a real funny problem. Because I use
> > > Pobox.com for my mail redirector, and I frequent their site, I just can't
> > > get to ~djb/ under pobox.com.
> >
> > DJB uses anonftpd which uses a more general/better ls format, but also one
> > that isn't universally supported. ~djb maps there. Squid supports it, lynx
> > 2.8 supports it (i believe >=2.6). I think latest IE/NScape do as well, but
> > I do most things via SQUID, so I'm not sure.
> >
> > -Sincerely, Fred
> >
> >
>
