--- a/lisp/gnus/nntp.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/nntp.el	2015-01-13 15:48:37 +0000
@@ -1282,11 +1283,12 @@ defun nntp-open-connection (buffer)
 		     :end-of-command "^\\([2345]\\|[.]\\).*\n"
 		     :capability-command "HELP\r\n"
 		     :success "^3"
-		     :starttls-function
-		     (lambda (capabilities)
-		       (if (not (string-match "STARTTLS" capabilities))
-			   nil
-			 "STARTTLS\r\n")))
+		     ; :starttls-function
+		     ; (lambda (capabilities)
+		     ;   (if (not (string-match "STARTTLS" capabilities))
+		     ; 	   nil
+		     ; 	 "STARTTLS\r\n"))
+		     )
 		  (funcall nntp-open-connection-function pbuffer)))
 	    (error
 	     (nnheader-report 'nntp ">>> %s" err))