Re: Error message Process nntpd not running

[Richmond]

Pankaj Jangid wrote:
> Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> writes:
>
>> Since nntp.aioe.org has upgraded its system from debian 8 I have been
>> getting this error when starting gnus:
>>
>>>>> (error Process nntpd not running)
>> nntp (nntp.aioe.org) open error: ‘>>> (error Process nntpd not
>> running)’.  Continue? (y or n) y
>> However if I go to the server buffer and open the server it then works ok.
>>
>> What does this error mean? Is it a timing issue?
> This error should be related to the back-end process. Does the problem
> persists even after restarting Emacs? I face this issue with some IMAP
> servers but not always. This is could be due to unreliable network. Due
> to which the back-end process goes into stale state.
The problem occurs every time I start emacs. I start emacs with

emacs -nw -f gnus

>
>> I have
>>
>> (setq gnus-select-method
>>     '(nntp "nntp.aioe.org"
>>         (nntp-open-connection-function nntp-open-tls-stream)
>>         (nntp-port-number 563)))
>>
>> (setq nntp-connection-timeout 240)
>
> I have just the below setting in my config. And it is working fine.
>
> (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "nntp.aioe.org")) ; news
>
> Could you please try removing the other params from your configuration
> if the previously mentioned restart also doesn’t fix the issue.
This change does fix the issue. However it means not using TLS. I want
to use TLS. I was using TLS before the server was upgraded without any
problems. And I use other servers with TLS without getting this error.