What is Fetch and FTP Fetch is a Macintosh application for File Transfer Protocol (FTP). The program allows you to access a remote system and transfer files between that system and your Macintosh. FTP can be used to move files from your Macintosh to your Mail account server, or vise versa. Fetch is a valuable program if you ever plan to use attachments on any of your  EMail messages. There are also many public "FTP Sites" on the Internet. These are computers that people, or organizations, have set up so the public can have access to certain files that they want distributed. Getting Started - What do I need for Fetch? Fetch requires that you have MacTCP installed on your Macintosh. MacTCP is Apple Computer's TCP/IP driver that allows you to use applications (e.g.. telnet, FTP) to communicate with users on other TCP/IP nodes, and to access other TCP/IP nodes. You can download the Fetch software from http://act.kent.edu/software/mac/macftp.shtml How to start an FTP Session To start an FTP session, double-click on the Fetch icon (the icon is shown as a dog fetching a diskette). When Fetch starts up, a dialog window will open called "Open Connection..." To change an entry in the dialog window, simply move to that field with the mouse or the tab key and delete the current entry and replace it with your entry. The first field in the Window asks the user for a Host. Type the name of the remote system with which you would like to transfer files. The FTP Host for Kent State University is mail.kent.edu. The next field asks the user for a User ID. Type your userid on the remote system, or type anonymous if you are using anonymous FTP. Anonymous FTP allows users, who do not have an account on the remote system, to access the files on the remote system... The third field prompts the user for a Password. If you have an account on the remote system, you must enter your password here (the password will not be visible on the screen). If you used anonymous FTP, you need to enter your Email address in this field. The Directory field is Pub. Once you are done entering the appropriate information into the fields, press OK to connect to the remote system. The message Connecting... followed by Getting file list... should appear. The cursor should also change into a running dog while these steps occur. When the connection is complete, the central area of your screen displays a list of files and sub-directories in the current directory. How to Navigate Directories When a connection is made to a remote system, Fetch will display a list of the files and sub-directories of that remote system on your screen. File icons are shown as a picture of a page, while directory icons are shown as a picture of a folder. Use the scroll bar to scroll though the current directory. To change the sub-directory, double-click on a sub-directory name or icon. If you want to go back to the previous directory, use the pull down arrow next to the current directory name, and select the directory. How to Transfer Files To transfer a file to your Macintosh, double click on the file. A dialog box appears on your screen. The default download directory is the desktop, unless you have changed the Preferences which is an option under Edit, so any file you download will be stored on the desktop of your Macintosh. To transfer a file from your Macintosh to the remote host, click on the Put File... button. A dialog box, that allows you to select the file you want to transfer will appear. Select the file, and click Open. This will intiate the upload.