Purpose of Incoming folder

[Helen Feddema]

I copied a number of files to my FTP folder (public_ftp). Later I looked at the FTP site, and saw that some of the files were still in the public_ftp folder, while others were in an Incoming folder underneath it. This has been the case for several days now. What is the purpose of the Incoming folder? Should I move the files in it to the public_ftp folder?

[Aaron]

If I'm not mistaken, the public_ftp folder is for anonymous ftp connections to your site. Anyone who makes an anonymous FTP to your site will only be able to see what's in the public_ftp folder. If you allow uploads via anonymous FTP, all uploads by anonymouse users will end up in the incoming folder.

I don't think there's a need to move the files because anonymous ftp connections to your site can also access the incoming folder and download the files from it. It all depends on what you want to do, really.