Re: FTP Banner Message

From: Paul Lynch (paul.lynch_at_nospam.com)
Date: 07/15/04 

Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 10:09:58 +0100

On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 04:22:14 -0500, jim bradley
<jim.bradley.19fd91@mail.webservertalk.com> wrote:

>
>This may be simple for some people and could save me time messing
>about!!
>
>I have set up an FTP site and enabled the banner message.
>
>I have Win XP with IE6. When connecting to the site I get prompted to
>login as I should but dont see the banner message!!
>
>Is this an IIS issue or browser issue?
>
>Ta
>Jim

Jim,

Its a browser issue. IE isn't really a true FTP client. Try logging in
using the Windows command line FTP client ftp.exe and you should see
the banner message, as you will in most other FTP clients.

How to Use the FTP Utility in a Typical Session
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=240727

Regards,

Paul Lynch
MCSE

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