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From: Vladimir Kushnir <kushn@olinet.isf.kiev.ua>
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Subject: Re: Using proxies for ftp-transfer: how?
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Wolfgang Helbig wrote:
> 
> > 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
> >

Thanks a lot. I still can't find answer about ftp (what is on its 
manpage tells about transfer between two third-party remote sites, 
if I understand correctly; I may be wrong though), but I should 
have thought about fetch myself, and fetch does support proxies, 
it seems.

Thanks again.
Vladimir