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RE: Socket program problem

My windoze (XP, and probably all earlier versions) has for some reason a 
different syntax for ftp and telnet:

ftp  my.ip.address.01:myport

but

telnet  my.ip.address.01  myport

But why not use a REAL operating system utility: 

ftp + F4
and 
telnet + F4

;-)

Henrik
http://hkrebs.dk

> date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 15:46:10 -0400
> from: "John Allen" <jallen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: RE: Socket program problem
> 
> Got it, but with one problem
> 
> When I enter ftp  my.ip.address.01  myport
> 
> I get back a list of all the parameters for ftp
> 
> It's the help window you usually request when you are not sure of the
> parameters for a DOS command
> 
> If I ftp without the port I am prompted for my user Id and password
> But then I am not on the right port

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