CuteFTP Professional User s Guide 

Tip: 

You can quickly gauge the effectiveness of the transfer by highlighting 

that item in the queue pane, and clicking on the small plus sign + next to 

the item name. The item will expand to show you all parts of the transfer 

with the average speed of each part.  

C

ONFIGURATION 

N

OTES

Multi part transfers are not very effective for smaller files.  

Multi part downloads do not occur f r

o  sites that do not support resume downloading.  

Multi part transfers are not very effective within your own network. 

Multi part transfers are not very effective for modems slower than 56kb, because most 

FTP servers can at least transfer at that speed.  

Multi part transfers do not work if the FTP site does not allow multiple simultaneous 

connections from the same user or IP a

  ddress.  

Due to added overhead  n

o t

  he processor of a server when generating encrypted 

transfers, multi part downloads over SSH and SSL can be ineffective and are not 

recommended. 

Accelerating ASCII transfers with Mode Z 

Mode Z compressi n

o  compresses files on the fly as you transfer, saving bandwidth and 

improving transfer times. This feature is turned on by default, and is used whenever you 

connect to a server that supports Mode Z. 

To turn on Mode Z compression 

1.  From the menu, choose Tools > Global Options. 

2. Select 

Transfer from the left hand navigation pane. 

3. Select 

Apply MODE Z compress o

i n to ASCII transfers when possible. 

Transferring files in binary or ASCII mode 

T

O CHOOSE THE TRANSFER MODE

1.  From the menu, choose File > Transfer Type. 

2. Choose 

ASCII, Binary, or Auto. 

T

O TRANSFER SPECIFIC FILE TYPES IN 

ASCII 

MODE

1.  From the menu, choose Tools > Global Options. The Global Options window 

appears. 

2.  In the left pane, expand Transfer. 

3. Select 

ASCII Types. 

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