But what if he also wants to take a look at how much of the file has been downloaded? Your idea is brilliant (no joke), but listen to mine too:
Make an alias to toggle auto-request upon failure on/off:
Code:
 aruf { 
  if ($1 == on) { 
    set %aruf on
    echo -a Auto-request upon failure enabled!
  } 
  elseif ($1 == off) { 
    set %aruf off
    echo -a Auto-request upon failure disabled!
  } 
  else { 
    echo -a Auto-request upon failure is %aruf
  } 
}

...and then remotes:
Code:
 on *:GETFAIL:*: { 
if (%aruf == on) { 
(resume it here, bored to write the code:P)
 } }

Choose saragani wink