### FTP Transport Configuration page (Proxy Services)

Use this page to configure transport settings for a proxy service using the ftp transport protocol.

Option | To create or edit...
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User Authentication | Select anonymous if the user of the FTP server is anonymous, or select external user if the user of the FTP server is an externally configured account.
Identity (E-Mail ID) | This field is available only if the User Authentication option is set to anonymous. Enter the mail ID for the anonymous user.
Service Account | This field is available only if the User Authentication option is set to external user. Enter the service account for the user. This is a required field when the User Authentication option is set to external user.
Pass By Reference | Select this check box to stage the file in the archive directory and pass it as a reference in the headers.
Remote Streaming | Select this check box to stream the FTP files directly from the remote server at the time of processing. When you select this option, the archive directory is the remote directory on the remote FTP server machine. Therefore, you should specify the archive directory as relative to the FTP user directory.
File Mask | Enter the regular expression for the files to be picked. The default is `*.*`.
Managed Server | Select the Managed Server for polling in a clustered domain. This field is available only in a clustered domain.
Polling Interval | Enter a polling interval, in seconds. The default is `60`.
Read Limit | Specify the maximum number of messages to read per polling sweep. Enter `0` to specify no limit. The default is `10`.
Post Read Action | Select what happens to a message after it has been read. Archive - The message is archived. Delete - The message is deleted.
Transfer Mode | Select ASCII or binary as the transfer mode.
Archive Directory | Specify the path to the archive location if the Post Read Action option is set to Archive. This field is required if the Pass By Reference option is selected.
Note: | The Archive, Download, and Error directories are absolute paths, and they are automatically created. If you specify a relative path, the files are created relative to the Java process that starts the WebLogic Server.
Download Directory | Enter the directory on your local machine where files are downloaded during the file transfer.
Note: | The Archive, Download, and Error directories are absolute paths, and they are automatically created. If you specify a relative path, the files are created relative to the Java process that starts the WebLogic Server.
Error Directory | Enter the location where messages are posted if there is a problem.
Note: | The Archive, Download, and Error directories are absolute paths, and they are automatically created. If you specify a relative path, the files are created relative to the Java process that starts the WebLogic Server.
Request Encoding | Accept the default `UTF-8` as the character set encoding for requests in FTP transports.
Advanced Settings
Scan Subdirectories | Select this check box to recursively scan all directories
Sort By Arrival | Select this check box to deliver events in the order of arrival.
Timeout | Enter the socket timeout interval, in seconds, before the connection is dropped. If you enter `0`, there is no timeout.
Retry Count | Specify the number of retries for FTP connection failures.