

Use Zmodem to download to the local terminal (recommended). Use Kermit to download to the local terminal (only small files). Note: if your communications package is setup to automatically accept downloading in Kermit or Zmodem, you can also select one of the other two options, respectively:.For example, if you see a link to twsk21f.zip (the trumpet winsock for Windows 3.1) just press the right arrow and after the message type D to start the download, wait for the prompt save to disk, and press enter at the prompt Enter a filename: twsk21f.zip.Select Save to disk, press enter at Enter a filename: fnname and the file will be saved in your UBmail account. After a while you will be prompted where to save the file. Press the right arrow in a link to download a software and you will see this message: This file cannot be displayed on this terminal: D)ownload, or C)ancel - select D to download the software.Type Lynx, where pageadr is the address of the page you wish to go to download a file.to close the connection and exit FTP type: Exit.For example if you wanted to download the file n16e20.exe (the 16 bit version of the Netscape Navigator)you would type: get n16e20.exe to download a binary file (a program) type first: I and wait for the FTP> prompt, after a message like Type set to I.to see a directory of the files type: ls.For example to go to the directory 2.0/windows type cd 2.0/windows/ to change to a given directory use cd dirname.you will be prompted by a password, aswer with your e-mail address, like you will receive a guest login message.you will be prompted to enter an user name, answer: anonymous.For example to download from type at the $ prompt: type ftp followed by the ftp address you are trying to download from.You will be working at the $ prompt only. This is a summary on how to use FTP and Lynx in UBmail to download files from the Internet. File downloading with FTP and Lynx in UBmail
