Ran into the same problem myself. Your problem is in the OS you are on.
I was on 5.0 PP7 ftp'ing spoolfiles to a Novelle server on daily basis and
then when I upgraded to 5.5 express 4 suddenly I could no longer FTP
spoolfiles. Was receiving same error. There are patches for this problem I
believe, but in my case what HP had me do was simply restore the ARPA group
from a backup prior to the upgrade. The claim was that the ARPA system on
5.0 pp7 was actually newer then the 5.5 express 4 version and since it is a
standalone product it was ok to do this. Worked like a charm.
     Also regarding the handling of spoolfiles sent through FTP, what I
found was that you will get carriage control in the first 2 bytes of each
record. We created a C program that would simply strip out the first 2 bytes
of each record. Good luck..

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Hampton <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: FTP'ing spool files


>Sorry. 5.5 Powerpatch 4
>
>How do I change the code of the file? I am a VAX person.....
>
>
>RON HORNER wrote:
>>
>> What version of the operating system are you running.  One thing to think
>> about is just before the FTP, change the code of the file.  Just so it
looks
>> like a flat file.
>>
>> Thanks!!
>>
>> Ron Horner
>> Operations Manager
>> Administrative Management Group
>> [log in to unmask]
>> (847) 870-2175
>>
>
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>Steve Hampton
>Information Systems
>Belleville News-Democrat
>Belleville, IL
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>