--- gnus-art.el	14 Feb 2005 16:56:04 +0100	6.381.2.22
+++ gnus-art.el	18 Feb 2005 14:41:43 +0100	
@@ -6648,15 +6648,18 @@
 		      (cons fun args)))))))
 
 (defun gnus-parse-news-url (url)
-  (let (scheme server group message-id articles)
+  (let (scheme server port group message-id articles)
     (with-temp-buffer
       (insert url)
       (goto-char (point-min))
       (when (looking-at "\\([A-Za-z]+\\):")
 	(setq scheme (match-string 1))
 	(goto-char (match-end 0)))
-      (when (looking-at "//\\([^/]+\\)/")
+      (when (looking-at "//\\([^:/]+\\)\\(:?\\)\\([0-9]+\\)?/")
 	(setq server (match-string 1))
+	(setq port (if (stringp (match-string 3))
+		       (string-to-number (match-string 3))
+		     (match-string 3)))
 	(goto-char (match-end 0)))
 
       (cond
@@ -6669,18 +6672,19 @@
 	(setq group (match-string 1)))
        (t
 	(error "Unknown news URL syntax"))))
-    (list scheme server group message-id articles)))
+    (list scheme server port group message-id articles)))
 
 (defun gnus-button-handle-news (url)
   "Fetch a news URL."
-  (destructuring-bind (scheme server group message-id articles)
+  (destructuring-bind (scheme server port group message-id articles)
       (gnus-parse-news-url url)
     (cond
      (message-id
       (save-excursion
 	(set-buffer gnus-summary-buffer)
 	(if server
-	    (let ((gnus-refer-article-method (list (list 'nntp server))))
+	    (let ((gnus-refer-article-method (list (list 'nntp server)))
+		  (nntp-port-number (or port "nntp")))
 	      (gnus-summary-refer-article message-id))
 	  (gnus-summary-refer-article message-id))))
      (group