File FTP as receiver

Hi! I am trying to transfer a file using File adapter as the sender channel and File FTP as the receiver channel. the file is successfully sended but not received.
I get this error message.
Error occurred while connecting to the FTP server java.net.ConnectException: A remote host refused an attempted connect operation.
Any suggestions?
/ Luis

Hi,
What is telnet?
A.Telnet is a user command and an underlying TCP/IP protocol for accessing remote computers. Through Telnet, an administrator or another user can access someone else's computer remotely. On the Web, HTTP and FTP protocols allow you to request specific files from remote computers, but not to actually be logged on as a user of that computer. With Telnet, you log on as a regular user with whatever privileges you may have been granted to the specific application and data on that computer.
A Telnet command request looks like this (the computer name is made-up):
telnet the.libraryat.whatis.edu
The result of this request would be an invitation to log on with a userid and a prompt for a password. If accepted, you would be logged on like any user who used this computer every day.
Telnet is most likely to be used by program developers and anyone who has a need to use specific applications or data located at a particular host computer.
/people/shabarish.vijayakumar/blog/2006/08/01/along-came-a-file-adapter-mr-ftp-and-rest-of-the-gang - should help you setup a local FTP server on your machine.
I hope you have gone through this weblog:
/people/shabarish.vijayakumar/blog/2006/08/01/along-came-a-file-adapter-mr-ftp-and-rest-of-the-gang
You can check whether port is open for your server using telnet command.
Just type following command and press enter, in case of successfull connection it should give you a blank screen or some message from ftp server.
Eg: telnet 10.132.54.8 21
If it is giving error like this "A remote host refused an attempted connect operation." then it could be due to port not open for the server.
Please reward points if it helps
Thanks
Vikranth

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