Subject: Re: bug#4042: 23.0.94; ftp problem in emacsW32

From: Michael Albinus <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 18:21:31 +0200

"Xah Lee" <[email-masked]> writes:

> am having problems using ftp in emacsW32.
>
> Basically, when i try opening
> /ftp:[email-masked]:/httpdocs/
>
> emacs prompt for password, then after i hit Enter, emacs stuck there.
> Switching to “*Messages*” shows nothing relevant. Switching to
> “*ftp [email-masked]*” shows empty buffer.
>
> any idea how to debug this?

Further discussion has shown that the problem was related to the native
ftp client MS Windows ships by default. Using an alternative client
solved the problem.

I've made some tests with Emacs 25.1 on MS Windows 7. The builtin FTP
client seems to work proper.

If nobody objects, I'll close these bug reports in a couple of days.

Best regards, Michael.