Hi castaway,
Sorry about delay in replying but have been away from desk for a few days

Changed "DEBUG => 1" as you suggested and the message returned is below: (sorry about all asterisks - i'm a bit paranoid about putting too many details on internet)

Net::FTP>>> Net::FTP(2.75)
Net::FTP>>>   Exporter(5.562)
Net::FTP>>>   Net::Cmd(2.26)
Net::FTP>>>   IO::Socket::INET(1.25)
Net::FTP>>>     IO::Socket(1.26)
Net::FTP>>>       IO::Handle(1.21)
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x93767e4)<<< 220 eyesp05 Microsoft FTP Service (Version
+ 5.0).
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x93767e4)>>> user ********
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x93767e4)<<< 331 Password required for ********.
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x93767e4)>>> PASS ....
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x93767e4)<<< 230 User ******** logged in.
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x93767e4)>>> MKD /**********************
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x93767e4)<<< 550 /**********************: Cannot create
+ a file when that file already exists.
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x93767e4)>>> CWD /**********************
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x93767e4)<<< 250 CWD command successful.
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x93767e4)>>> ALLO 13517
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x93767e4)<<< 200 ALLO command successful.
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x93767e4)>>> PASV
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x93767e4)<<< 227 Entering Passive Mode (**,***,***,***,
+13,206).
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x93767e4)>>> STOR test20050216b.asp
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x93767e4)<<< 425 Can't open data connection.
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