60421 - ftp doesn't report any errors

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 19073

(Core :: Networking, defect, P3)

Description

[Bradley Baetz]

If I mistype a ftp URL into the urlbar for a domain which does not exist (say
ftp://foo.comm), or where the file doesn't exist, or connection refused, etc,
the throbber just spins for a bit, and then stops, with no error message. The
status bar says "unknown error", but it always does this (See bug 60055)

This doesn't occur with http where I get (as expected) a dialog box telling me
"The connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost".

finger doesn't report errors either, and datetime just doesn't work, ever.

I'm trying to get error reporting happening for gopher, so knowing whats wrong
with ftp may help me with that.

This may be causing bug 53002.

Comment 1

[Bradley Baetz]

And I'll spell properly one day as well...

Comment 2

[Bradley Baetz]

Didn't notice this one before, sorry.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 19073 ***

Comment 3

[Stephen Walker]

vrfy dup