print sensible failure message

diff --git a/backends/innduct.c b/backends/innduct.c
index ddd926717bea0b44732b82efcaa3720010e46a5a..288c9dc654c06fa4b60d0b67295e038137731a5d 100644 (file)
--- a/backends/innduct.c
+++ b/backends/innduct.c
@@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@ static void connect_start(void) {
 
     alarm(connection_setup_timeout);
     if (NNTPconnect((char*)remote_host, port, &cn_from, &cn_to, buf) < 0) {
-      if (buf[0]) fatal("connect: rejected: %s", sanitise(buf));
+      if (buf[0]) fatal("connect: failed: %s", sanitise(buf));
       else sysfatal("connect: connection attempt failed");
     }
     if (NNTPsendpassword((char*)remote_host, cn_from, cn_to) < 0)