"Eric Bragas" <ericbragas@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi All,
>
> I work for a company that delivers reports to customers via FTP
> monthly, and it's done automatically using a script that steps through
> every row in a table. (Each row holds an FTP address, login name,
> password, and file name to upload. You probably get the idea.)
>
> Now one of our customers has thrown a wrench in the works by changing
> their FTP server to something with a colon in it. (For example,
> "download.companyname.com:2100" instead of just
> "download.companyname.com".) Our script cannot connect to their
> server even though I've updated the FTP address value to include the ":
> 2100".
>
> I know from trying internet explorer that I can't connect to this ftp
> server and get presented with a login window if I don't include the ":
> 2100". IE returns the "cannot display the webpage" error page, but if
> I try IE using the entire FTP server address--that is, WITH the ":
> 2100"--I get presented with the login window, I login, no problem.
> OK, it follows that this colon and number are important.
>
> My problem surfaces when it's time to upload to that particular FTP
> server. I simply cannot get connected using the command line FTP or
> the little free FTP app some of our scripts use.
>
> What is this ":2100," and why can I only connect manually to this FTP
> server?
>
> Thanks for ignoring the irrelevant parts and filling in whatever
> important assumptions need to be made.
>
> Eric
>