Automated FTP of multiple files

What's wrong with this picture:
host='000.000.000.000'
ftp -v $host << EOF
cd backups
lcd /Users/duane/Documents/backups/ftp_uploads
mput *
bye
EOF
It uploads one file then bails out. Main issue is that it keeps asking me:
mput myfile2007_0430.tgz [anpqy?]?
¿Qué? So either I have to find a switch to offset this silly question or I need to list one file at a time with a for i in... statement.
The for statement is an issue because I don't want it to print to the screen but just do the job.
Any help appreciated. :-/

<pre class="command">
ftp -v $host << EOF
cd backups
lcd /Users/duane/Documents/backups/ftp_uploads
prompt
mput *
bye
EOF
</pre>
From the ftp man page:
<pre>
prompt Toggle interactive prompting. Interactive prompting occurs
during multiple file transfers to allow the user to selec-
tively retrieve or store files. If prompting is turned off
(default is on), any mget or mput will transfer all files,
and any mdelete will delete all files.
</pre>
Powerbook G4 1GHz Mac OS X (10.3.9)

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