Virtually everything that you browse through on the web is transferred to you by the HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol).
When you click on a file to download it, it can be transferred either by HTTP or FTP (File Transfer Protocol).
All files indexed by MediaTrak reside on FTP servers, meaning that all files will be transferred by FTP.
Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer specialize at showing you web pages and generally don't do a good job at handling FTP.
By clicking on a file in one of these browsers, you're having the browser do something it's not very good at.
Sometimes the server is just not available; MediaTrak does its best to make sure that all the results shown are on servers that are available.
Most often the problem is that the server is too busy; In order to keep transfer speeds decent, many sites must impose a limit on how many files can be transferred.
Requests for files are denied when this limit has been reached.
Many site administrators may also impose a ratio, meaning that if you wish to download (take) something you must first upload (give).
This is often a problem when trying to download files, especially while using web browsers because they don't tell you when this is the case.
While the browser may tell you that the password is incorrect, it could actually mean that there is a ratio implemented.
In the ideal situation the FTP server is not busy (not to mention, operational) and it has no problem with sending you the file you clicked on.
Unfortunately, this is hardly ever the case.
Some FTP administrators dislike requests from browsers enough that they implement ways to prevent transfers to them.
The server returned extended information message could be a result of any of the above reasons.
The only solution in a case like this is to use an FTP client.
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