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aol instant messenger and ports?

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Name: sherryt
Date: September 28, 2004 at 05:27:11 Pacific
Subject: aol instant messenger and ports?
OS: win xp home sp1
CPU/Ram: AMD Athlon XP Processor/2

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Recently i have had a problem connecting to aol instant messenger. Its default is to use port 5190. But when i set it to autoconfigure, it goes to port 21 and i can connect right away. If i reset it goes back to 5190, but then i cant get connected or it takes forever, or im constantly disconnected. So i manually go back to port 21. Is port 21 safe to use, is my question. And would anyone know why all of a sudden this would start doing this?
any ideas or answers would be greatly appreciated.
XP Home sp1., Compaq Presario 55030NX, 256mb ram, AMD Athlon, dw6000 satellite

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Name: Slider
Date: October 7, 2004 at 18:19:04 Pacific

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Thats wierd. I'm not sure why, all I know is that port 21 is the default port for FTP...

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