Katsumi Yamaoka writes: [...] > Maybe the following patch will make it work. Er, but I don't > know whether it's right to add "nntps" and "snews"... > > --- nntp.el~ 2012-02-15 09:22:23.734375000 +0000 > +++ nntp.el 2012-02-23 11:02:16.234375000 +0000 > @@ -1197,7 +1197,8 @@ > (nth 0 (auth-source-search :max 1 > :host (list nntp-address > (nnoo-current-server 'nntp)) > - :port '("119" "nntp")))) > + :port '("119" "nntp" > + "563" "nntps" "snews")))) > (auth-user (plist-get auth-info :user)) > (auth-force (plist-get auth-info :force)) > (auth-passwd (plist-get auth-info :secret)) Thanks for this, but is there no way to check the defined port number? That would be more robust. -- Carl Lei (XeCycle) Department of Physics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University OpenPGP public key: 7795E591 Fingerprint: 1FB6 7F1F D45D F681 C845 27F7 8D71 8EC4 7795 E591