Welcome, archive user! This is an experimental FTP server. If you have any unusual problems, please report them via electronic mail to %E. If you do have problems, please try using a dash (-) as the first character of your password -- this will turn off the continuation messages that may be confusing your ftp client. There are some extensions to the FTP server such that if you specify a filename (when using a RETRIEVE command) such that: True Filename Specified Filename Action before transmitting file: ------------- ------------------- ---------------------------------- .Z Uncompress file .gz Un-gnuzip file .z Un-gnuzip file .Z Compress file .gz Gnu Zip file .z Gnu Zip file .tar Tar directory .tar.Z Tar and compress directory .tar.gz Tar and Gnu Zip directory ==================================================================== Note: Gnu Zip (gzip) does better compression than compress