The client filezilla error was failed to retrieve directory listing.

Was Moving client from 2003 server to 2011 Small Business server and filezilla server would no longer work.

Serveral documents I found noted settings in FTP application side but did not help.

I opened port 21 on the Windows 2008 server filewall of course, but it still would not work.

Eventually I figured out that I also needed to allow the program it self.

Goto windows firewall under control panel
Click Inbound rules
Click New Rule
Click Program, next
Find filezilla server.exe - its under program files, filezilla directory
Next, Allow
Next, Domain , Private and Public

It should work now!

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