Upload Failure - Strange Characters in server log

I am unsuccessfully trying to upload files to an ftp server on which I have an account. I can login fine and list the directories and even create new directories. I have tried both passive and active with the same results. The log text is below:

[10:14:28] 220 Titan FTP Server 7.01.845 Ready.
[10:14:28] SYST
[10:14:28] 215 UNIX Type: L8
[10:14:28] Detected Server Type: UNIX
[10:14:28] RTT: 100.108 ms
[10:14:28] FEAT
[10:14:28] 211-Extensions Supported
[10:14:28] COMB
[10:14:28] MLST type*;size*;modify*;create*;perm*;
[10:14:28] SIZE
[10:14:28] MDTM
[10:14:28] MFMT
[10:14:28] MFCT
[10:14:28] XCRC
[10:14:28] REST STREAM
[10:14:28] EPRT
[10:14:28] EPSV
[10:14:28] MODE Z
[10:14:28] DQTA
[10:14:28] 211 End
[10:14:28] Detected Server Software: Titan/VisNetic FTP Server
[10:14:28] PWD
[10:14:28] 257 "/" is current directory.
[10:14:38] CWD /October/Oct 5
[10:14:38] 250 Directory changed to "/October/Oct 5/"
[10:14:38] PWD
[10:14:38] 257 "/October/Oct 5/" is current directory.
[10:14:38] MKD transfer test 3
[10:14:38] 257 "transfer test 3" directory created.
[10:14:38] CWD /October/Oct 5
[10:14:39] 250 Directory changed to "/October/Oct 5/"
[10:14:39] PWD
[10:14:39] 257 "/October/Oct 5/" is current directory.
[10:14:39] MLST transfer test 3
[10:14:39] 250-MLST /October/Oct 5/D:/FTPData/swcalftp101/usr/swi677796/October/Oct 5/transfer test 3
[10:14:39] type=dir;size=512;modify=20101006151438;create=20101006151438;perm=cdeflmp; transfer test 3
[10:14:39] 250 command successful.
[10:14:39] STAT transfer test 3
[10:14:39] 212-Status of transfer test 3
[10:14:39] drwxrwx--x 1 owner group 512 Oct 06 15:14 transfer test 3
[10:14:39] 212 End of Status.
[10:14:41] CWD /October/Oct 5/transfer test 3
[10:14:41] 250 Directory changed to "/October/Oct 5/transfer test 3/"
[10:14:41] PWD
[10:14:41] 257 "/October/Oct 5/transfer test 3/" is current directory.
[10:14:41] CWD /October/Oct 5/transfer test 3
[10:14:41] 250 Directory changed to "/October/Oct 5/transfer test 3/"
[10:14:41] PWD
[10:14:41] 257 "/October/Oct 5/transfer test 3/" is current directory.
[10:14:41] TYPE A
[10:14:41] 200 Type set to A.
[10:14:41] MODE Z
[10:14:41] 200 MODE Z Command OK..
[10:14:41] PORT 172,28,21,9,244,60
[10:14:41] 200 PORT command successful.
[10:14:41] MLSD
[10:14:41] 150 File status okay; about to open data connection.
[10:14:41] 226 Closing data connection. Transferred 159 bytes.
[10:14:41] 77 bytes transferred. (N/A/s) (0 ms)
[10:14:45] CWD /October/Oct 5/transfer test 3
[10:14:45] 250 Directory changed to "/October/Oct 5/transfer test 3/"
[10:14:45] PWD
[10:14:46] 257 "/October/Oct 5/transfer test 3/" is current directory.
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[10:15:24] CWD /October/Oct 5/transfer test 3
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It looks like a bug with the server. It returns garbage in the MLST reply. Contact your web hosting provider and ask them to upgrade to the latest version of Titan FTP Server.

It looks like a bug with the server. It returns garbage in the MLST reply. Contact your web hosting provider and ask them to upgrade to the latest version of Titan FTP Server.

It is not a hosting provider, it's a partner company that we are transfering data to (and I seriously doubt they will make any changes or updates to their ftp server). We are able to upload files fine to this server via the ftp functionality built into Windows 7 (using Win Explorer). I really would prefer to use SmartFTP though. Are there any setting changes I can make in the client to force it to connect and transfer in a manner similar to Explorer?

SmartFTP uses the MLST command and the server's implementation seems to be broken. Contact your partner's server admin and ask them to upgrade to the FTP server software.

btw, just downloaded ws and it's working just fine.

It's because it doesnt use the MLST command and therefore doesn't trigger the bug on the FTP server. But on the other hand it doesn't verify your transfers either.