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ftp browser showing folder sizing

Hello, I have a ftp server that I can connect to that has a lot of folders, I am looking for a way to be able to see the sizes of each folder on the server. I connect using IE ftp explorer and if I right click on the folder and get properties it doesn't give me folder size .... any directions ???
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Don't know with IE (a poor ftp client). Recommend you use Filezilla (free)

How to check folder size on FTP web hosting server
http://adminramble.com/check-folder-size-ftp-server/
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Are there any third part software that can scan the server folders and give me a total size ... I have a online storage with godaddy but I want to be able to see folders sizes of each folder I have backed up .... I had mapped the drive and tried that without any luck,...... also the filezilla didn't work
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it does that but if folders are in folders it doesn't add those directories you have to go into every folder to see the size .... or am I doing something wrong?
No, you're not doing anything wrong.  What you are asking for is not part of FTP.  You are not going to get the size of all the files in a folder thru FTP without telling your client program to add them all up like the Filezilla queue function.  

And on the web you can't even do that because the folder names are nothing but links to the content of that folder.  And 'mapped drives' don't provide that either because it requires going thru all the directory listings which is a lot of network traffic.  And it has nothing to do with Godaddy either.  All hosts work that way.
You could try syncing the ftp content locally. You'd check the folder size on your side rather than thru ftp.

Check http://superuser.com/questions/123052/keeping-local-windows-folder-in-sync-with-remote-ftp-folder-in-real-time