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Quick way to get to the FTP site associated with a WWW site

Some WWW sites have FTP sites associated with them to make it easy for you to download and sometimes upload files. If you know the address of a WWW site, but don't know its associated FTP site address, here are some simple steps you can try.

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1. Simply replace http:// with ftp://

   Some sites use the same server address for their WWW and FTP services. This means, you can get to their FTP site simply by changing the protocol type to FTP.

   For example, if the web site address is http://www.microsoft.com/, the FTP site could be at ftp://www.microsoft.com/

    
2. Replace http://www. with ftp://ftp.

   Most sites use the same domain name for their WWW and FTP sites. Meaning, you could change the protocol to FTP and change the prefix form www to ftp to get to the FTP site.

   For example, if the web site is at http://www.microsoft.com/, the FTP site maybe at ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/

    
3. If all of the above fail, you can try one more name change -- replace http://www. with ftp://

   For example, if the web site address is http://www.microsoft.com/, try opening ftp://microsoft.com/