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On 9 Iyar 5761, Roland Mas wrote:

>> wrong-type-argument stringp nil
> 
> I get the same one.  I'm beginning to wonder if there could be
> something related to a firewall with that.  I know my firewall
> silently drops connections after a moment of inactivity, but I'm not
> sure it's related.

I have gotten this regularly, both behind a firewall and not behind
one.
-- 
Charles Sebold
Random Answer to a Gnus Very Frequently Asked Question:
 To change group parameters (including display of old messages), use G c.
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