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From: DRJ100@psuvm.psu.edu (Daniel R. Jeuch)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: News Reader in WinQVTNet
Message-ID: <91057.131412DRJ100@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 26 Feb 91 18:14:12 GMT
References: <1991Feb21.170319.16754@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
 <1991Feb26.170615.2887@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
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In article <1991Feb26.170615.2887@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>,
ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Nur Iskandar Taib) says:
>
>>Hi.  Just downloaded the most recent copy of WinQVTNet.
>>I love it, but I cannot get the news reader portion to work.
>>In order to connect to the NNTP server, I need to specify
>>a *port* as well as an IP address.  Is there a way to
>>specify both in the QVT_NET.RC file?
>
>Well, usually the way to specify a port is to put
>it after the IP #. Eg:
>
>129.3.1.67 2000
>
>is port 2000.
>
>Problem is: how do you know which port to specify?

NNTP readers work off of port 119.

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