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From: hartung@amos.ling.ucsd.edu (Jeff Hartung)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Help on Remote Ftp
Keywords: FTP
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Date: 16 Feb 89 21:25:51 GMT
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In article <5706@bsu-cs.UUCP>  writes:

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#                                 Whenever I specify an FTP address that
#is not in our local network(s), the connection is not made.  I assume
#FTP has to know something about dialing out, but don't know how to set
#that up.
#
#Thanks for any help you can give.

Not all FTP's know how to handle an address like SIMTEL20.army.mil and must be
given the specific address to connect to.  Try "ftp 26.0.0.74" and see if that
works.

 --Jeff Hartung--  	
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