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Subject: RE: how to tell if my ISP is blocking email & web ports
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of fbsd_user
> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 2:39 PM
> To: Dinesh Nair
> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG
> Subject: RE: how to tell if my ISP is blocking email & web ports
> 
> 
> My friends PC is an MS/Windows 98 box.
> I know all windows system have telnet in command.com.
> Which is reachable from start/run and opens an native dos window.
> 
> Would anybody know the syntax of the native dos telnet command
>  to include the port number to use?
> 
> telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx would get me to the telnet port
> at that IP address.

I believe Just add the port number at the end...
Telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 25
For testing a mail server connection for example.  I don't have anything
that old to test it on though.  Works in XP for sure, I use it frequently.

-Mike