Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 17:02:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: "David Witbrodt" <dawitbro AT alpha DOT delta DOT edu>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Using CVS at home
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On Sun, 1 Jul 2001, Richard Dawe wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> >   Yes, and I can find out... but it might take some time.  My service
> > is through a friend who works for an ISP, so I can't ask such
> > questions through ordinary channels but just through him.  He doesn't
> > always respond right away.
> 
> You can find out if you can connect using telnet. Try:
> 
>     telnet cvs.delorie.com 2401
> 
> (2401 is the port-number for CVS.)
> 
> If you can connect OK, then the problem is the CVS program. If you can't
> connect OK - if it times out or you get a connection dropped message
> immediately - then it's probable that your ISP is blocking CVS access.

  OK, thanks!  Something must be blocking me, ISP or virus software or
something.


DW