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connection refused

USER ********
331 Password required for ********
PASS ********
230 User ******** logged in.
SYST
215 UNIX Type: L8
NOOP
200 NOOP command successful
CWD /httpdocs
250 CWD command successful
PASV
227 Entering Passive Mode (216,55,185,219,159,31).

Mac OS X 10.4.8

I had the directory returned to me once but could not access it - probably 30-40 tries and 1 week ago. From what I can ascertain, the problem is the server blocking access as I can get onto other private sites.