I didn't see something on Kashima-san's site about how to engage the ASCII mode... there was something about a header triggering it. I'll read through again and see if I can figure out why it won't change to ASCII mode by itself. Oddly enough, Kashima-san suggests that binary mode will work under the conditions of ASCII mode... I really do have to read through again, but I swear...
I'll test that mode out when I get home.