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Re: ghostly mail ports


From: John Jasen <jjasen () realityfailure org>
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 21:39:06 -0500 (EST)

On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, joe wrote:

I have a fairly good understanding of the tcp/ip model and i think i
understand what ports are for! but i cant understand that on my box, i have
the 2 default mail ports (25 and 110) open. Its a windows 2000 box, service
pack three. Im pretty sure im not running a mail server of any description.

telnet to them and see what happens.

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-- John E. Jasen (jjasen () realityfailure org)
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