Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> writes:
>
>> We should take into consideration, that the default value for
>> ange-ftp-ftp-program-args hasn't been changed for at least 21 years. We
>> should also take into consideration, that ftp is being phased out in
>> browsers like Chrome and Firefox; its importance is decreasing. So I
>> propose to not change anything, and let users customize
>> ange-ftp-ftp-program-args to their needs.
>
> Perhaps the `ange-ftp-ftp-program-args' doc string should mention that
> some ftp clients require "-e"?  That should help with discoverability
> for people who have these problems.