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mirbase ftp error

When I am running this link "wget ftp://mirbase.org/pub/mirbase/21/hairpin.fa.gz" in the terminal the below error is appearing for me. How can I fix it?

-2022-01-21 16:35:30--  ftp://mirbase.org/pub/mirbase/21/hairpin.fa.gz
           => ‘hairpin.fa.gz’
Resolving mirbase.org (mirbase.org)... 130.88.97.249
Connecting to mirbase.org (mirbase.org)|130.88.97.249|:21... failed: Connection refused.
ftp mirbase
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updated by Ram Ram • written by usef • usef

wrong url ?

t$ wget -q --no-check-certificate  -O - "https://mirbase.org/ftp/21/hairpin.fa.gz" | gunzip -c | head
>cel-let-7 MI0000001 Caenorhabditis elegans let-7 stem-loop
UACACUGUGGAUCCGGUGAGGUAGUAGGUUGUAUAGUUUGGAAUAUUACCACCGGUGAAC
UAUGCAAUUUUCUACCUUACCGGAGACAGAACUCUUCGA
>cel-lin-4 MI0000002 Caenorhabditis elegans lin-4 stem-loop
AUGCUUCCGGCCUGUUCCCUGAGACCUCAAGUGUGAGUGUACUAUUGAUGCUUCACACCU
GGGCUCUCCGGGUACCAGGACGGUUUGAGCAGAU
>cel-mir-1 MI0000003 Caenorhabditis elegans miR-1 stem-loop
AAAGUGACCGUACCGAGCUGCAUACUUCCUUACAUGCCCAUACUAUAUCAUAAAUGGAUA
UGGAAUGUAAAGAAGUAUGUAGAACGGGGUGGUAGU
>cel-mir-2 MI0000004 Caenorhabditis elegans miR-2 stem-loop
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written by Pierre Lindenbaum Pierre Lindenbaum

I have heavily edited your post so it resembles an actual post. The problem statement is in the body (as opposed to the title), the title is brief ad to the point (as opposed to verbose and unreadable) and the error message is formatted properly instead of being scrambled. The tags used make sense and are not a plea split by software that's looking for keywords and not sentences.

Please invest effort into your own post so people are not chased away by how difficult it is to read.

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written by Ram Ram

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