The more I think about it, the more I am leaning against changing the
default. I don't fully understand what inetutils ftp is doing and why -e
is needed. Maybe submitting a bug against inetutils is the right
approach here?


As an aside (and why a system-type switch may be needed anyway), it
looks to me that -v means the exact opposite thing on Windows than what
is expected:

BSD/Netkit/Inetutils/Solaris/HP-UX/AIX all specify that -v is verbose
and that it's the default for interactive sessions.

tnftp has a -V option that turns off verbose mode. Inetutils has a -V
for --version.

Windows however does this:

-v 	Suppresses display of remote server responses.

(Verified on Windows 10.0.19042.928)

It seems to me that -v should be removed for Windows and likely can be
removed for all systems. I haven't used Cygwin in a while, but I suspect
AngeFTP can use either the Windows or the Inetutils FTP.

Are there any automated cross-platform tests to see on which platform
removing -v might break AngeFTP?

-- 
Alex.