--- main.cc.orig	Thu Sep 30 09:20:30 1999
+++ main.cc	Thu Sep 30 09:22:51 1999
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
-#include <curses.h>
 #include "server.h"
 #include "screen.h"
 #include "tree.h"
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@
 #include "grouplist.h"
 #include "findfile.h"
 
-#define		NNTP_PORT		119
+unsigned NNTP_PORT = 119;
 
 char *NNTP_SERVER = NULL;
 groupListPointer NNTP_GROUP = new groupList();
@@ -249,6 +248,10 @@
 	fprintf(stderr," -a user pass	Authenticate the login to the server with\n");
 	fprintf(stderr,"		'user' as username and 'pass' as password.\n");
 	fprintf(stderr,"		Both username and password must be present.\n");
+	fprintf(stderr,"\nThe hostname or IP address of the news server can be\n");
+	fprintf(stderr,"specified by the NNTPSERVER environment variable, or defaults\n");
+	fprintf(stderr,"to \"news\". The port to connect to can be specified by the\n");
+	fprintf(stderr,"NNTPPORT environment variable or defaults to 119.\n");
 	exit(-1);
 }
 
@@ -301,6 +304,8 @@
 
 	if (getenv("NNTPSERVER")) NNTP_SERVER = strdup(getenv("NNTPSERVER"));
 	else NNTP_SERVER = strdup("news");
+
+	if (getenv("NNTPPORT")) NNTP_PORT = atoi(getenv("NNTPPORT"));
 
 	process_command_line(argc, argv);