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From: Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@MX.BA-Stuttgart.De>
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Subject: Re: Using proxies for ftp-transfer: how?
In-Reply-To: <33A805E2.41C67EA6@olinet.isf.kiev.ua> from Vladimir Kushnir at "Jun 18, 97 03:59:30 pm"
To: kushn@olinet.isf.kiev.ua (Vladimir Kushnir)
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 01:27:38 +0200 (MET DST)
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> Hi all, 
> 
> Actually, the subject sais it all. How do I enable using
> ftp proxy (my ISP suggests using it) to transfer files from 
> remote site to my home machine? Netscape does that but 
> honestly I'm getting tired of this gross resource hog. 
> Besides, I'd rather use command line programs like
> plain ftp or ncftp.
> 
> Sorry if question is obvious but I just didn't find an 
> answer in documentation. So perhaps some kind soul would
> advice me on this matter.

How about man ftp or man fetch?
At least the manual pages mention proxies, but I did not try it yet.

Wolfgang
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Vladimir
>