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Anonymous Login
E-mail Address
User ID
Password
Account
Local Home Directory
Remote Home Directory
Load Initial Remote Directory
Lock

Anonymous Login
Enables the session to login to an FTP server using anonymous as the user ID. If set to Yes and E-mail Address is blank the session also sends anonymous to the FTP server as the password and you will only be prompted for the Destination Address and Port. 

The default is No

E-mail Address
Specifies the e-mail address to use when connecting to the FTP server while using Anonymous Login. If Anonymous Login is set to Yes, anonymous is used as the User ID, and the E-mail Address is used as the password. If E-mail Address is blank and Anonymous Login is set to Yes, anonymous is also used as the password.

User ID
Specifies the user ID the session uses when connecting to the FTP server. Anonymous Login must be disabled. If User ID is blank you will be prompted for a user ID and password when the session attempts to connect to the FTP server.

Password
Specifies the password the session uses when connecting to the FTP server. If Password is blank, you are prompted for a password when the session connects to the FTP server. The password is not encrypted when it is sent to the FTP server. If Anonymous Login is set to Yes the e-mail address is sent to the FTP server as the password. If E-mail Address is blank and Anonymous Login is set to Yes, anonymous is also sent to the FTP server as the password.

Account
Specifies the FTP server account name the session uses when connecting to the FTP server. Not all FTP servers use accounts. Check with the FTP server Administrator if you need an account.

Local Home Directory
Sets the initial directory on your workstation when the session connects to the FTP server. After the session connects, you can change directory by entering a valid directory in the Directory field, by clicking the directory button next to the Working Directory field and by double clicking on a directory folder in the local file list.

The default is c:\.

Remote Home Directory
Sets the initial directory on the FTP when the session connects to the FTP server. After the session connects, you can change directory by entering a valid directory in the Directory field, by clicking the directory button next to the Working Directory field and by double clicking on a directory folder in the remote file list.

The default is the initial login directory set by the FTP server at login. If you enter a valid directory in this field it will over-ride the login directory set by the server.

Load Initial Remote Directory
Select Yes to view the initial host directory listing in the main FTP window. If you select No, the user must do one of the following for the host directory listing to appear:

The default is Yes.

Lock (Host On-Demand Administrator only)
Check Lock to prevent users from changing the associated startup value for a session. Users can not change values for most fields because the fields are unavailable. However, functions accessed from the session menu bar or tool bar can be changed.