+(defvoo nntp-never-echoes-commands nil
+ "*Non-nil means the nntp server never echoes commands.
+It is reported that some nntps server doesn't echo commands. So, you
+may want to set this to non-nil in the method for such a server setting
+`nntp-open-connection-function' to `nntp-open-ssl-stream' for example.
+Note that the `nntp-open-connection-functions-never-echo-commands'
+variable overrides the nil value of this variable.")
+
+(defvoo nntp-open-connection-functions-never-echo-commands
+ '(nntp-open-network-stream)
+ "*List of functions that never echo commands.
+Add or set a function which you set to `nntp-open-connection-function'
+to this list if it does not echo commands. Note that a non-nil value
+of the `nntp-never-echoes-commands' variable overrides this variable.")
+