Network.ftp.anonymous password

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The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is network.ftp.anonymous_password.

This article describes the preference network.ftp.anonymous_password. To add, delete, or modify this preference, you will need to edit your configuration — do not edit this article.

1 Background
2 Possible values and their effects
3 Caveats
4 UI
- 4.1 Mozilla Suite
5 First checked in
6 Has an effect in
7 Related bugs
8 Related preferences
9 External links

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Background

The FTP specification dictates that users must give a username and a password when logging in to a server. If a server allows anonymous logins, clients usually log in with the username “anonymous” and a password corresponding to an email address. If the preference advanced.mailftp is set to true, Mozilla will send the value of this preference instead.

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Possible values and their effects

This string is sent in the PASSWORD response to the FTP server immediately following the server’s 331 response to the USER anonymous message. Traditionally the password for anonymous accounts is an email address (and some servers actually check to see if the password looks like one), but you may specify anything you like.

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