Package: emacs Version: 19.29 ange ftp fails with emacs 19.29. This is simple to demonstrate. From the command line, try: emacs /ftp@ftp.debian.org: [The workaround is to start up emacs, then execute the lisp expression (setenv "TERM" "dumb") then find the file.] Here's the failure message I get: FTP Error: OPEN request failed: ^[[?1l^[>Connected to ftp.debian.org. Note: I've taken the liberty of replacing escape characters with the sequence: ^[ -- Raul