Using the Internet Transfer Control: Part 1

Pretty cool huh? Take a look at the following list of ports to get you on your way:

• HTTP: - 80
• FTP: - 21
• NNTP: 119
• Telnet: - 23
• SMTP: - 25
• Gopher: - 70
• POP 3: - 110
• IRC: - 6667

Obviously these are only default ports, and you should check with the host computer when attempting to connect.

So, now that you have all this wonderful information, how do you use the control? Well, for demonstration purposes I will show you how to download a web page.

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This article was originally published on November 20, 2002