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Max Froumentin <masmef@maths.bath.ac.uk> writes:

> nntp-open-telnet didn't work either but for a different reason: just
> after reading the user password, nntp-open-telnet erases the terminal
> buffer and then waits for a prompt:
> 
> 	(process-send-string
> 	 proc (concat
> 	       (or nntp-telnet-passwd
> 		   (setq nntp-telnet-passwd
> 			 (mail-source-read-passwd "Password: ")))
> 	       "\n"))
> 	(erase-buffer)
> 	(nntp-wait-for-string nntp-telnet-shell-prompt)

That looks like a bug.  I've now removed the `erase-buffer', but it
probably was these for some reason or other, so perhaps things will
break in other ways.  We'll see.

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