--- nnrss.el    14 Feb 2004 00:29:45 -0000      7.5
+++ nnrss.el    18 Feb 2004 03:39:12 -0000
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@
                    "")
                   ((eq (length nslist) 2) ; extract prefix
                    (cadr nslist)))))
-    (if (and ns (not (eq ns "")))
+    (if (and ns (not (equal ns "")))
        (concat ns ":")
       ns)))