Quoting Eduardo Moguillansky <eduardo.moguillansky@gmail.com>:

> Hi All,
>
> The signature for OSCsend appears to be
>
> *OSCsend* kwhen, ihost, iport, idestination, itype [, kdata1, kdata2, ...]
>
> Is there a reason why `iport` could not be a k-variable?
>

Yes.  The port is part of knowing on what port to listen.  The  
listener is set up on initialisation.

If you change the port at k-rate it would require a great deal of  
redesign and huge hit on performance

> I need to implement a ping protocol and would need to reply when
> pinged to an arbitrary port
>

Including port 25?

> Thanks!
> Eduardo