"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies@jonathankay.com> wrote in message
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> Greetings,
>
> That is correct -- this indicates that Windows Messenger is connected
> directly on port 1863
> (an outgoing connection -- your router should have no effect). This
> indicator will only change if you're behind something blocking that
> and it needs to use port 80.
>
> MSN Messenger on the other hand, will notify you if you're behind a
> UPnP device however.

Thanks.