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M-x gnus gives me this message in the minibuffer:

nntp (news.freeserve.net) open error: ''.  Continue? (y or n)

my ~/.gnus contains:

(setq user-mail-address "jjl@pobox.com")
(setq user-full-name "John J. Lee")
(setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "news.freeserve.net"))

Pine uses that same server, with no problems.

Any clues?


John