On Sat Dec  6 05:38:15 PST 2014, lu...@proxima.alt.za wrote:
> > smtp=host!987
> 
> Too clever!  I'm not sure it would work, though, because in
> /sys/src/upas/smtp/mxdial.c the invocation is explicitly:
> 
>       addr = netmkaddr(addr, 0, "smtp");
> 

this works, and it's common practice.  if it did not work, 
telnet wouldn't work on anything other than port 23.

the reading of the 3d argument is "default port", not
we're forcing this port come hell or high water.

- erik

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