Re: Posting to my university's nntp server hangs

[Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.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?
>
> Might be.  Then I'll contact our datacenter.  The Inn version they are
> using is pretty outdated anyway.

Ok, that really seems to be the case.  When I use

(add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods
	     '(nntp "Uni"
		    (nntp-address "news.uni-koblenz.de")
		    (nntp-open-connection-function nntp-open-plain-stream)
		    (nntp-port-number 119)))

as a select method ensuring that it won't upgrade to TLS, I can post
without issues.

Bye,
Tassilo