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> Dermot.Bradley@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Dermot Bradley) writes:
> >I'm looking for somewhere that would provide UUCP access to Usenet.  What
> >I need is somewhere that I can Telnet into ONLY USING THE DEFAULT PORT -
> >i.e. I can't specify a port number!!.

gtoal@ibmpcug.co.uk (Graham Toal) writes:

> Any machine that offers a uucp connection will do it on the standard
> port - uucp logins are just normal logins.

This may be true in some cases, but not in general.  "Normal" telnet runs
on port 23, and talks "telnet protocol" which is more than just the stuff
you type and read.  It includes DO/DON'T/WILL/WON'T messages between the
telnet client and server about all sorts of terminal capabilities and
modes.

UUCP connections generally come into port 540.  If you telnet to this port
by hand, youll get a session that looks exactly like a telnet connection,
but doesn't include all the hidden protocol stuff.

Mr Bradley seems to be looking for a server on port 23 that doesn't try to
use any real telnet protocol messages; and I don't know of such a thing.

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