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Subject: Re: find-file, file-name-handler-alist, and FTP URLs
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> Emacs does not handle FTP URLs correctly:
> (find-file "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/")
> results in
> Use M-x make-directory RET RET to create the directory and its parents
> #<buffer ~/Mail/ftp:/ftp.gnu.org/pub/>

Try url-handler-mode,


        Stefan