Index: Lib/nntplib.py
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--- Lib/nntplib.py	(revision 59568)
+++ Lib/nntplib.py	(working copy)
@@ -109,8 +109,7 @@
         """
         self.host = host
         self.port = port
-        self.sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
-        self.sock.connect((self.host, self.port))
+        self.sock = socket.create_connection((host, port))
         self.file = self.sock.makefile('rb')
         self.debugging = 0
         self.welcome = self.getresp()