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Also known as: 119
The registered TCP port for plaintext NNTP, in use since the protocol's first specification. Traffic on it is unencrypted, so an ISP can see which groups are fetched and, without STARTTLS, the account password as well. Some ISPs block or throttle 119 outright. Most providers still accept connections there for compatibility, but encrypted port 563 has largely replaced it.
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