FTP hangs on close

[Patrick Phalen]

[Oleg Broytmann, on Thu, 09 Mar 2000]

::    Yes, I found that too. But I never saw an HTTP URL where my robot would
:: always hangs. It hangs sometimes on one URL, being run after few days it
:: would hangs on other URL...
::    But there are some FTP URLs where my robot *always* hangs... :(
::    (ftp://starship.python.net is one of these bad sites :)

Are you behind NAT? Some servers won't accept PASV connection attempts.