Subj : Re: Weekly nodelist report on noteworthy changes (010) To : Tommi Koivula From : Wilfred van Velzen Date : Sat Jan 11 2025 11:37:04 Hi Tommi, On 2025-01-11 10:59:42, you wrote to me: TK> If you want to announce IFT in the nodelist, you should probably allow TK> anonymous access to your ftp site for writing, Agreed. TK> but not reading. :) At least not the outbound directory. TK> Ok, should be possible to do that if you dedicate the ftp server only for TK> fidomail. But I don't really see the point of that.. ;) If you can't configure access on a directory basis... TK> You could ask ZC2 how his IFT works. :D TK> === Cut === TK> Zone,2,Eur_(011),B,Ward_Dossche,-Unpublished-,300,CM,MO,INA:many-glacier.dyndn TK> s.org,IBN,IFT,PING,IMI:fido@dossche.org,U ,ENC TK> === Cut === It doesn't. And it hasn't for a long while: # ftp many-glacier.dyndns.org Trying 2a02:a03f:83a9:c400:4df3:890a:8ec1:7cc0:21 ... ftp: Can't connect to `2a02:a03f:83a9:c400:4df3:890a:8ec1:7cc0:21': Connection timed out Trying 91.179.8.125:21 ... Connected to many-glacier.dyndns.org. 220 Xitami FTP 2.4d9 (c) 1991-98 iMatix Name (many-glacier.dyndns.org:wilfred): anonymous 331 Anonymous access ok: give e-mail address as password Password: 230 User anonymous logged-in Remote system type is Windows. ftp> dir 421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection. ftp> So IPv6 doesn't work at all, probably due to using (very) old software... Or: > ftp -4 many-glacier.dyndns.org Connected to many-glacier.dyndns.org. 220 Xitami FTP 2.4d9 (c) 1991-98 iMatix Name (many-glacier.dyndns.org:wilfred): anonymous 331 Anonymous access ok: give e-mail address as password Password: 230 User anonymous logged-in Remote system type is Windows. ftp> put 00010001.pkt local: 00010001.pkt remote: 00010001.pkt 421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection. ftp> That could be a 'passive' mode problem. He probably has to open a specific range of ports for this in his firewall, and configure those in his ftp software... In forced active mode I get this: > ftp -4 -a -A many-glacier.dyndns.org Connected to many-glacier.dyndns.org. 220 Xitami FTP 2.4d9 (c) 1991-98 iMatix 331 Anonymous access ok: give e-mail address as password 230 User anonymous logged-in Remote system type is Windows. ftp> put 00010001.pkt local: 00010001.pkt remote: 00010001.pkt 200 Command okay 553 00010001.pkt: Permission denied ftp> exit 221 User anonymous signed-off Maybe I'm doing it wrong? Bye, Wilfred. --- FMail-lnx64 2.3.2.4-B20240523 * Origin: NPC Station (2:280/464) .