On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 08:44:04PM +0100, Klaus Heinz wrote:
  | Hi,
  | 
  | /usr/bin/ftp (tnftp) cannot retrieve 
  | 
  |   http://rapidsvn.tigris.org/files/documents/341/8734/rapidsvn-0.4.0.tar.gz
  | 
  | due to the use of HTTP cookies. So far this has been the only URL where I
  | have seen this and I wonder whether people would be interested in cookie
  | support (RFC 2109) for tnftp. Tnftp already knows HTTP redirection and
  | support for cookies would enhance support of HTTP without turning it into
  | a clone of GNU wget, IMO.

I don't think it's worth the effort; adding cookie support will be
just a slippery slope into turning ftp into wget or curl, with a
commiserate increase in code complexity; it's annoying enough to
maintain compliance with all the HTTP RFCs already.