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>>>>> Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>:

> [...]
> Ekkkk.   I'll be damned:
>   bsd > telnet smtp.newsguy.com 25
>   Trying 209.155.56.71...
>   telnet: connect to address 209.155.56.71: Connection refused
>   telnet: Unable to connect to remote host
>   reader@satellite /anex/reader
> bsd > date
> Sun Dec 17 14:01:54 PST 2000


> And... Newsguy tech staff have told me over the phone that telnet is
> not allowed.

"telnet" may be, but telnetting to some other port should be possible
to distinguish from any other TCP connection to that port.

This is what happened when I tried it:

$ telnet smtp.newsguy.com smtp
Trying 209.155.56.71...
Connected to smtp.newsguy.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 newsguy.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.11.0/8.9.1; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 23:44:19 -0800 (PST)
ehlo viffer.metis.no
250-newsguy.com Hello [194.19.99.131], pleased to meet you
250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
250-EXPN
250-VERB
250-8BITMIME
250-SIZE 2000000
250-DSN
250-ONEX
250-ETRN
250-XUSR
250 HELP
quit
221 2.0.0 newsguy.com closing connection
Connection closed by foreign host.