Re: Posting to my university's nntp server hangs

[Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org>]

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.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?

Might be.  Then I'll contact our datacenter.  The Inn version they are
using is pretty outdated anyway.

Bye,
Tassilo