From 3cd3c9124f09f7a4a44966695ee289adbfb8bc63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michiel Broek <mbse@mbse.eu>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 20:08:59 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Small temporary fix for newsserver connects

---
 ChangeLog  | 5 +++++
 lib/nntp.c | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 09945f5f..f9da5e10 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ v0.35.03	06-Jul-2002
 		Added protection against emty rfc headers with only a space.
 		Added test for HA archiver.
 
+	mbinet.a:
+		If during a connect a newsserver refuses the connection then
+		don't close our side of the connection. This is a temporary
+		solution, we should disconnect with timeout instead.
+
 	lang:
 		Corrected a spelling error in the Dutch language file.
 
diff --git a/lib/nntp.c b/lib/nntp.c
index 1e85329f..b5d38175 100644
--- a/lib/nntp.c
+++ b/lib/nntp.c
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ int nntp_connect(void)
 		}
 	} else if (strncmp(p, "200", 3)) {
 		WriteError("NNTP: bad response: %s", p);
-		nntp_close();
+//		nntp_close();  FIXME: Don't close, the other end might have done that already
+		//		      If we do also, this program hangs. Must be fixed!
 		return -1;
 	}