thanks for all the previous help - for the record... putting /kbailey@example.com[ctrl q then space]8021:/path/to/file (i.e. /kbailey@example.com 8021:/path/to/file) meant that the host name was being resolved correctly in gnu-emacs21 (console version) and... xemacs works better in that it resolves the host name correctly when /kbailey@example.com#8021:/path/to/file however - i am still unable to edit files over FTP using emacs... :o( i think i've found that the issue is that i am behind a firewall and though passive FTP is relatively easy, active FTP is more difficult. i *have* set up a trigger which means i can access my company's winnt ftp server using active ftp - but even though i have set up a similar trigger (for port 8021) on the firewall the response from the zope ftp server does not get back in. any ideas on how to get zope's ftp server to respond to passive ftp requests gratefully received, kev bailey hi there, has anyone managed to get emacs to directly edit test files on a zope server. i try connecting to www.server.com#8021:/path/to/file_html but it says server unknown. even dired does not work, thanks, kev bailey _______________________________________________ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )