er... not exactly solved - but switched [x]emacs to passive mode ftp..... here's a snippet........................ thanks for all the help, kev bailey none writes:

Hello, How do I set XEmacs to use passive mode FTP (PASV) to retreive packages? I'm behind a firewall. :-(

It looks like it uses EFS, so you should be able to set "Efs Use Passive Mode" on in the EFS Parameters customize section (Options->Advanced (Customize)->Emacs->File->Efs). Just a guess, I haven't needed to do any of that.... reid kevin bailey wrote:

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

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