Core FTP won't connect to geocities!!!

[dreamglobe]

hey guys . . .

I'm currently using the Free version of Core FTP. This time I'm having a problem connecting because it's claiming that I had the wrong password when I had it right. I tried to login to geocities with the same user name and password and it works, i don't know why it's not working with the FTP. It was working earlier and yesterday . . . all with the same password and username from my host.

please somebody help!

BTW . . . I downloaded the new version, it didn't do anything!

[dreamglobe]

Welcome to Core FTP, release ver 1.3, build 1301 (A) -- © 2003
Microsoft wsock32.dll, ver2.2, 32bit of Apr 22 1999, at 20:29:32.
Mem -- 63,852 KB, Virt -- 2,093,056 KB
Started on Thursday March 18, 2004 at 18:49:PM
Resolving ftp.ca.geocities.com...
Connect socket #192 to 66.218.77.9, port 21...
220-Welcome to the Yahoo! GeoCities FTP server.
220-Need help? Get all details at:
220-http://help.yahoo.com/help/ca/geo/gftp/
220-
220-No anonymous logins accepted.
220 Yahoo!
USER sweet_qtay
331-Enter your Yahoo! GeoCities member password
331
PASS **********
530-Invalid member name or password.
530-If you continue to have problems, check out:
530-http://help.yahoo.com/help/ca/geo/gftp/
530
Waiting 60 of 60 seconds for retry #1...
Retry #1, Connecting to ftp.ca.geocities.com...
Resolving ftp.ca.geocities.com...
Connect socket #192 to 66.218.77.9, port 21...
220-Welcome to the Yahoo! GeoCities FTP server.
220-Need help? Get all details at:
220-http://help.yahoo.com/help/ca/geo/gftp/
220-
220-No anonymous logins accepted.
220 Yahoo!
USER sweet_qtay
331-Enter your Yahoo! GeoCities member password
331
PASS **********
530-Invalid member name or password.
530-If you continue to have problems, check out:
530-http://help.yahoo.com/help/ca/geo/gftp/
530
Waiting 60 of 60 seconds for retry #2...
Retry #2, Connecting to ftp.ca.geocities.com...
Resolving ftp.ca.geocities.com...
Connect socket #192 to 66.218.77.9, port 21...
220-Welcome to the Yahoo! GeoCities FTP server.
220-Need help? Get all details at:
220-http://help.yahoo.com/help/ca/geo/gftp/
220-
220-No anonymous logins accepted.
220 Yahoo!
USER sweet_qtay
331-Enter your Yahoo! GeoCities member password
331
PASS **********
530-Invalid member name or password.
530-If you continue to have problems, check out:
530-http://help.yahoo.com/help/ca/geo/gftp/
530
Waiting 6 of 60 seconds for retry #3...

It keeps on retrying to connect. I've changed my password in geocities to see if it works . . . nothing really happened. I'm pretty sure it's not invalid, I could log on with the same user name and password through Geocities . . . why won't it all the sudden work w/ core FTP?

[dreamglobe]

Do you have a premium plan there? It looks like the free plan doesn't allow FTP access.

If it's not that reason, it has to be the password or user id. Does the userId require your mail address or anything, like: user@yahoo.ca or something?

actually it didn't need any premium plans or anything . . . it even says on the main page how to set up my FTP for it. it did work a few hours ago, in one of the attempts, and now it fails everytime i try again. i'm not sure what the problem is . . . must be on the Geocities. it just sux that my connection is now drawn by luck! does anyone have a clue on this?

[dreamglobe]

I connected fine this morning

They must have been having some user/password issues on their side.

Yeah . . . problem doesn't exist anymore, must have been down for just a day or so! thanks guys!

[dreamglobe]

I connected fine this morning

They must have been having some user/password issues on their side.

Yeah . . . problem doesn't exist anymore, must have been down for just a day or so! thanks guys!

Okay . . . I take it back, it's down again! I don't know what's going on, it must've been on their side!

[kevinu]

After 4 days of whining to my I S P and a refund for a service that was inclusive in my monthly broadband subs, the lady who I spoke to suggested that a hypen is put in front of my pass word I use to log into geocities. And what do ya know it works, so core ftp lite is working as it should now