ftp and telnet.

[cris]

Hi folks,
I have a question which is probably elementary to most of you.  I tried to
ftp and telnet to my linux computer from another computer in order to
transfer a large file, but I got connection refused.  As far as I know I
disabled the firewall on my linux box to allow me to telnet or ftp.  I typed
the line command as follows for ftp. ftpnumerical address and hit inter.  I
did the same with telnet and also got connection refused.  any ideas on how
to go about that
Regards,
Cris?