Connect...
Opens the FTP Quick Connect dialog and enables you to connect to an FTP site that is not in your Site Manager.
Disconnect
Logs you off the currently connected FTP server in the active folder window.
Current Session
Changes made here applies only to the current connection.
Keep connection alive
You may toggle Keep connection alive and change the transfer mode. For more information on these topics see and FTP Advanced.
Use more than one connection
By default Magellan Explorer will try to upload and download files in a separate thread. If the site allows this, you are able to continue browsing the site while the transfers are progressing.
Magellan Explorer will only try to open a new connection once before using the main connection. If you want to avoid using more than the main connection turn this option off.
Transfer type
You can switch between ASCII, Binary and Auto.
There are two different ways of transferring files from (or to) a FTP site. These are called binary and ASCII. As general rule it is always wise to use binary when transferring data files and ASCII when transferring text files.
When setting the transfer type to Auto detect Magellan Explorer will switch between these modes depending on the extension of the file being transferred. You can configure the which extensions should be transferred as ASCII on the FTP Advanced tab.
Upload case
Unlike the Windows file system(s), the file system on UNIX ftp servers are usually case sensitive. This means that text.txt and Text.txt are two different files. If you would like Magellan Explorer to force the case of any files you upload to a particular format you can choose to do so here.
Connections
This submenu gives you a list of all active connections. Just select one of them to open it in the active folder window.
Note: You may have up 10 connections at the same time.
Please note that the trial version is limited to 2 concurrent connections. More information about this can be found in the Bonus features topic. Information on how to purchase a full version license is available in the Order information section.
Log window
When connected to one or more ftp sites you may view all the ftp commands being sent and received by turning on the Log window.