diff -u -N ./main.cc ../bgrab/main.cc
--- ./main.cc	Mon Feb  1 03:04:23 1999
+++ ../bgrab/main.cc	Tue Jul 27 10:38:26 1999
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
-#include <curses.h>
 }
 
 extern "C++" {
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@
 #include "multipart.h"
 }
 
-#define		NNTP_PORT		119
+unsigned NNTP_PORT = 119;
 
 char *NNTP_SERVER = NULL;
 char *NNTP_GROUP = NULL;
@@ -194,6 +193,10 @@
 	fprintf(stderr, "groupname	newsgroup to read\n");
 	fprintf(stderr," -n		don't output to stdout\n");
 	fprintf(stderr," -f             fork to background.  use only with -n\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);
 }
 
@@ -225,6 +228,8 @@
 void main(int argc, char **argv) {
 	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);