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["alan pollard" <apollaal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi  Carrolyne,I am also just  venturing into:f T P cliants,A  cliant I heard
good things about is:Filezilla, which I  have just installed and working
through the documentation.very J F W friendly plus many good features, full
documentation ,plus it's free!..cant help you much more as I am still
learning how to use It .H T H.Alan
.. has full
documentation.H T H.Alan.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Caroline Ford" <caroline@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Access-Uk@Freelists. Org" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 5:25 AM
Subject: [access-uk] FTP Client


> Hello,
>
> Up until recently I've been using Internet Explorer to download files from
> some FTP sites, but after a few dropped connections, I decided to look at
> dedicated FTP clients to see if there is anything which will resume a
> download if it is interrupted to avoid me having to re-start from scratch
> every time.
>
> I had FTP Explorer recommended to me, but I've had a couple of problems
with
> it.  I've been using version 1.0.1 build 35.
>
> The first problem is that I've been unable to resume a download, even
though
> the program asks me if I would like to attempt to do so.  Every time I
click
> on OK to resume, the partial file is over-written and the download starts
> from the beginning again.  This might be because the site from which I'm
> downloading doesn't support resuming downloads, but I don't think this is
> the case.
>
> The more serious problem though is that, when a file is completely
> downloaded, instead of stopping, the program just starts downloading the
> file all over again without giving me a chance to intervene.
>
> If anyone knows what I have to do to get the best out of this program,
> please let me know, or if there is a better FTP client I should try, I'd
> appreciate any recommendations.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Caroline.
>
>
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