To continue my example, if I type in ftp://jdoe@****:dog@**** or ftp://jdoe@****:dog@ftp.**** into Internet Explorer, I get a "cannot find" error message. If I type ftp://jdoe:dog@****, I get another dialog box asking me to repeat the username and password, after which I get the ftp connection. I'm just wondering how to enter this the first time to eliminate getting the username and password dialog box. The two "@" signs in the same URL seem to cause a problem.