FtpWebRequest, SSL, MVS, and command [OPTS utf8 on]

[planb]

Hello,

I am tryin gto use FtpWebRequest to connect to a MVS FTP server using
SSL. According to the trace logs, the authentication goes OK, but
when the server doesn't recognize the command [OPTS utf8 on] I get a
501 error response and an exception instead of the results from my
ListDirectory command.

Does anyone know if FtpWebRequest can be used with a MVS server? I
found some messages from people having problems, but no solutions or
workarounds (negative evidence).

How about a way to tell the FtpWebRequest connection not to issue the
command?

 

[Jason Plante]

Has anybody figured out how to supress sending along that message?