Hi Michiel,
In a msg of , Robert Wolfe wrote you:

 Mv>> I once used it on my point system on a LAN connected via the Internet
 Mv>> through a gateway that had all ports except for 80, 110 en 25 locked.
 Mv>> After I asked the system operator to unlock port 24554 for me it
 Mv>> worked.

 Mv>> So it would appear irex *only* uses port 24554.

 RW> This can be changed on a per-node basis, as I often use port 24555
 RW> for binkp transfers with Janis' system. 

not to mention that IREX can also use other protocols which default to
using other ports which i was quietly pointing to by my remarks which seem
to have gotten lost somewhere along the way :(

Bye bye!
  mark

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