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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no>
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Subject: Re: Cannot open server errors
Date: 16 Aug 1996 20:17:13 +0200
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Klaus Schniedergers <eedksc@eed.ericsson.se> writes:

> I'm having the same problem. Gnus tells me after ~5 seconds that there
> is a connection error, but it usually takes ~15 seconds or more
> connecting to my slow server via telnet. Other (non-Emacs) newsreaders
> wait long enough.

Try evaling this form:

  (open-network-stream "nntpd" (current-buffer) "SERVER-NAME" "nntp")

What happens?

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