Re: tlug: Quest for e-mail continues

[Jim Tittsler <jwt-tlug@example.com>]

On Thu, Nov 12, 1998 at 06:03:46PM +0000, Dave Gutteridge wrote:
> 	SMTP was hanging out on port 25
> 	POP was hanging out on port 110
> 	Is IMAP hanging out on some port?

143

The file /etc/services is a mapping from the most common service names to
port numbers (and protocol).  telnet will accept these symbolic port
numbers, so you could try 'telnet localhost smtp' (aka 'telnet localhost
143').

-- 
Jim Tittsler, Tokyo   ICQ: 5981586


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