Re: Posting to my university's nntp server hangs

[Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>]

Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org> writes:

> here's another info.  I think, I've had that problem once before and
> solved it by not using a secure connection to that server.  At least the
> comment in my ~/.gnus.el seems to indicate that.
> (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods
>              '(nntp "Uni"
>                     (nntp-address "news.uni-koblenz.de")
>
>                     ;; TODO: Why the heck do I get those endless hangs when
>                     ;; sending away messages via this account with TLS or
>                     ;; SSL?!?
>
>                     ;; (nntp-open-connection-function nntp-open-tls-stream)
>                     ;; (nntp-port-number 563)
>                     ))
> Maybe now Gnus uses a TLS stream by default, and that's why I get the
> issue again?

Sounds like the NNTP server in question does something weird when you're
using TLS.  Perhaps it's not flushing the output correctly or something?

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