[ale] Web-Ftp , webmail clients

[Tyler Kiley]

> Of course there is, you point a web browser at a site, log in and it gives
> you an interface to upload/download files to that server, sorta like the
way
> you have to manage you website at some of these free sites like
> geocities,yahoo, etc.  It allows you to do so without an ftp client.

The point is that when you do that /w a web browser, it's no longer ftp --
it's http, and the ftp protocol isn't used anywhere in the process.

True ftp over http isn't practical, due to the nature of the ftp protocol.
It could be done with a decent scripting language... but it would be hard to
come up with a situation in which it would be useful.

Tyler

> On Thursday 11 April 2002 03:25 pm, you wrote:
> > Then there is no such thing as a 'web client' ...
> >
> > You just use any web browser, and use ftp://ftp.xyz.com
> >
> > I use IE all the time, but there are some sites that it won't work for..
> >
> > Charles
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Calvin Harrigan [mailto:charrig at earthlink.net]
> > > Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 3:17 PM
> > > To: Charles Marcus; Ale (E-mail)
> > > Subject: RE: [ale] Web-Ftp , webmail clients
> > >
> > >
> > > I am thinking more along the lines of accessing an ftp site
> > > upload/download via a web browser.
> > >
> > > Calvin...
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Charles Marcus" <CharlesM at Media-Brokers.com>
> > > Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 14:59:40 -0400
> > > To: "Ale \(E-mail\)" <ale at ale.org>
> > > Subject: RE: [ale] Web-Ftp , webmail clients
> > >
> > > > When you say 'web-based' FTP client - do you mean FTP
> > >
> > > client with a GUI?
> > >
> > > > I really like AbsoluteFTP
> > > > www.vandyke.com/products/absoluteftp/
> > > >
> > > > Charles
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Calvin Harrigan [mailto:charrig at earthlink.net]
> > > > > Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 1:01 PM
> > > > > To: ale at ale.org
> > > > > Subject: [ale] Web-Ftp , webmail clients
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi all
> > > > >
> > > > > Got a guick question.  Are there any web-based ftp clients
> > > > > that you can recommend? Any experiences using them?  The same
> > > > > for a webmail client.  I've be fooling around with squirrel
> > > > > mail, seems to be pretty good.  Any experiences?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
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