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From: JGROVER@MAINE.BITNET (John Grover)
Newsgroups: news.software.nntp
Subject: Re: How to Tell What Version of NNTP the Server is Running
Message-ID: <91066.145038JGROVER@MAINE.BITNET>
Date: 7 Mar 91 19:50:38 GMT
References: <1991Mar5.144151.15451@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
Organization: University of Maine System
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While the following is not foolproof, you can usually telnet to the
host using port 119, such as "telnet news.server.host.edu 119" and the
server greets you with a message which indicates the current version. Just
type "quit" (no quotes) to close the connection.
 
 
John Grover
Computing Center
University of Maine