From fdb683106457380aee1b22c8b87302e0f3322b4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Becker <ampernand@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2017 07:58:17 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] nil check

---
 contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/nntp.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/nntp.go b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/nntp.go
index acd4794..1c03ed8 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/nntp.go
+++ b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/nntp.go
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ func (self *nntpConnection) checkMIMEHeaderNoAuth(daemon *NNTPDaemon, hdr textpr
 		reason = "poster's pubkey is banned"
 		ban = true
 		return
-	} else if !self.policy.AllowsNewsgroup(newsgroup) {
+	} else if self.policy != nil && !self.policy.AllowsNewsgroup(newsgroup) {
 		reason = "newsground not allowed by feed policy"
 		ban = true
 	} else if !(ValidMessageID(msgid) || (reference != "" && !ValidMessageID(reference))) {