I was online for 10 minutes including looking round the site and finding where the download area was for WS_FTP LE the last time. It is about 690 Kbytes and took me about 3 minutes to download with 28.8 Kbaud modem and using Freeserve. You have to fill in a short form - note it is only free for non business use so choose the correct user category. They have made it slightly more difficult to find the free version - it is no longer listed in Products and when you look in the Download Evaluations area it implies that they are all limited life - that is not true (as of 5th June 2000) for the LE (Limited Edition) version which is called WS_FTP95 LE for Windows 95/98 and is now version 5.08. The main site for Ipswitch who provide WS_FTP is. You will have to enter your name and email address and agree to the terms of use before you can download it. WS_FTP is still completely free for use by Students and Home users for Personal use - they hope to sell you a super professional version in due course. (CompuServe needs a special program they provide). I have used WS_FTP for a number of years to upload sites to conventional Servers like Pipex and Freeserve. The intention is that a completely new user should be able to create a homepage, test it locally using his browser, download, insta and configure a File Transfer Program (FTP) to use to upload the site, upload the homepage and view it online in one evening (approx 4 hours) with under 30 minutes online. ![]() The ground rules are that it should only use software available on a normal Windows 95/98 PC or software available to download which is free and unconstained in the length of time it can be used (Freeware rather than Shareware where one pays after an evaluation period of typically 30 days). This was written initially as part of my simple guide to setting up a web site for the novice. WS_FTP - installing, configuring and utilising
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