Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!munnari.oz.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au!george From: george@ucs.adelaide.edu.au (George Travan) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: ftp Keywords: ftp Message-ID: <2471@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au> Date: 21 Feb 91 05:56:39 GMT Organization: Information Technology Division, The University of Adelaide, AUSTRALIA Lines: 19 i know about ange-ftp, but i'm curious as to why i cant get ftp from the GNU distribution to work. M-x ftp-list-directory FTP get host:directory (i type adam:~) Username for adam (default "george"): Password for george@adam: (i type password) i then get a *ftp-directory buffer with... (to) ftp: open: Unknown host Process ftp killed I'd like to know why is this so..... George Travan University of Adelaide e_mail: george@frodo.ua.oz.au Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com