RFC 751 (rfc751) - Page 2 of 5
Survey of FTP mail and MLFL
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NWG/RFC 751 PDL 10 Dec 78 nnnnn
Survey of FTP MAIL and MLFL
Complete FTP scripts may be found, if you are interested, on MIT-DM,
file NETDOC;MLFL SURVEY.
Sites are grouped by the general result they gave.
-site- -last ftp reply if lost- -when-
1) Sites that lost for various reasons:
BNL 530 NOT LOGGED IN. after MLFL
HARV-10 431 INVALID ENTRY - Try again after USER
LLL-MFE 454 Login please after SOCK
LONDON 000 INDRA FTP Version 2.00 ... after ICP
NBS-10 454 Login please after SOCK
WHARTON 454 DATA Connection error ... after SOCK
WPAFB-AFAL 454 Login please after SOCK
Note: "when" describes the last action performed by the surveyer before
the indicated anomalous response.
after ICP -- surveyer had done ICP to socket 3
after MLFL -- surveyer had sent MLFL command
after USER -- surveyer had sent USER NETML in response to
"504 Login please"
after SOCK -- surveyer had attempted to connect to specified
data socket
2) Sites that don't support MLFL and say so:
AFWL 501 ML>FL **
CCA-SPEECH 501 ML>FL **
EGLIN 501 ML>FL **
LBL 506 Command not implemented.
LONDON-VDH 500 Command unrecognized
UCLA-CCN 500 COMMAND UNRECOGNIZED
WPAFB 501 ML>FL **
3) Sites that support MLFL (or at least go through all the right
motions):
AMES-67 MIT-AI SRI-KL
BBN-TENEX MIT-DMS SU-AI
BBN-TENEXA MIT-MC SUMEX-AIM
BBN-TENEXD MIT-ML UCLA-ATS
BBN-TENEXE MIT-XX UCLA-SECURITY
BBN-UNIX NBS-UNIX USC-ECL
CCA-TENEX OFFICE-1 USC-ISI
CMU-10A PARC-MAXC USC-ISIB
CMU-10B PARC-MAXC2 USC-ISIC