SmartFTP V1.0 b981 can not connect

I just installed v1.0 b981 and I am unable to access FTP sites which I used to access before and which I can access with an other FTP manager (CuteFTP).

Here is what I get.= :
Resolving host name ftp.smartftp.com...
Connecting to (ftp.smartftp.com) -> IP: 213.144.155.6 PORT: 21
Connection timeout. No response from server.

It happened on all sites I tried.

This has been reported on the public forum also by other users.

I am under W2K Pro with ZA 4.5.594 000

Can you help ?

Thank you

BStP