On Fri, Jul 03, 1998 at 11:44:37AM +0100, Patrick Welche wrote:
> Mutter mumble, tried again:
> 
> % date
> Fri Jul  3 11:35:00 BST 1998
> % ftp ftp.fokus.gmd.de
> ftp: connect: Connection refused
> ftp> close
> Not connected.
> ftp> quit

Hm. Are you using a proxy, or are you behind a firewall perhaps? It works
fine for me from anywhere. Either you are having bad luck, or there
is some local problem at your site.

- Frank