Trying with "/usr/bin/wget -O -" to get
    ftp://mirrors.sohu.com/CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz
--2012-07-23 20:11:28--  ftp://mirrors.sohu.com/CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz
           => `-'
Resolving mirrors.sohu.com... 123.129.214.98
Connecting to mirrors.sohu.com|123.129.214.98|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ...
Error in server response, closing control connection.
Retrying.

--2012-07-23 20:11:33--  ftp://mirrors.sohu.com/CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz
  (try: 2) => `-'
Connecting to mirrors.sohu.com|123.129.214.98|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ...
Error in server response, closing control connection.
Retrying.