[trunk] port 119 not added automatically when adding a server

[sander]

Disclaimer: I don't whether discussing trunk version is allowed here. Anyway:

I downloaded trunk, and it's behaving different than 0.4.5: when adding a server, the port number 119 is not automagically added. I would say this is annoying / error prone ...


Oh ... and it looks like the password to the nntp password is not remembered, but that could be caused by Firefox...

[shypike]

Fixed.
Thanks for the tip.

[switch]

Also just made it use 563 as the default port if SSL is checked.

[shypike]

Why 563?
443 is just as popular for SSL.

[switch]

It is safer to presume 563, I'm pretty sure its more widly accepted than 443.

[sander]

It is safer to presume 563, I'm pretty sure its more widly accepted than 443.

I think port 563 is indeed (more) standard for nntps than port 443 (which is https). Port 443 is probably used (not meant) on corporate, proxied networks to circumvent corporate policies.

sander@ubuntu810-on-athlon64:~$ grep -i nntps /etc/services
nntps          563/tcp        snntp          # NNTP over SSL
nntps          563/udp        snntp

sander@ubuntu810-on-athlon64:~$ grep 443 /etc/services
https          443/tcp                        # http protocol over TLS/SSL
https          443/udp
sander@ubuntu810-on-athlon64:~$