] >That's were the coolness is; no stinkin' port number. ] > ] > ] You could publish URLs without port numbers if you could count on the ] cliens recognizing SRV records. but you can't, because this would break interoperability with the vast majority of existing protocols; it also would not work with protocols that don't use fixed port numbers. use of SRV records for apps that aren't specified to use them is a violation of both those apps' protocols and the SRV specification. Keith p.s. yes, I know there are people who think it's okay to break the entire installed base of Internet protocols in order to accomodate their pet kludge.