lib/PublicInbox/NetReader.pm | 10 ++++------
 lib/PublicInbox/Watch.pm     |  2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/NetReader.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/NetReader.pm
index f04752e566401463b6695b87717fc1562559a958..91e53913240ee9478c00bbe350a2eaece84366e0 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/NetReader.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/NetReader.pm
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ 	}
 	my $err;
 	if ($mic->login && $mic->IsAuthenticated) {
 		# success! keep IMAPClient->new arg in case we get disconnected
-		$self->{mic_arg}->{$sec} = $mic_arg;
+		$self->{net_arg}->{$sec} = $mic_arg;
 		if ($cred) {
 			$uri->user($cred->{username}) if !defined($uri->user);
 		} elsif ($mic_arg->{Authmechanism} eq 'ANONYMOUS') {
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	$self->{nn_arg}->{$sec} = $nn_arg;
+	$self->{net_arg}->{$sec} = $nn_arg;
 	$cred->run($nn ? 'approve' : 'reject') if $cred && $cred->{filled};
 	$nn;
 }
@@ -306,7 +306,6 @@ 			warn "$k=$bs is not an integer\n";
 		}
 	}
 	# make sure we can connect and cache the credentials in memory
-	$self->{mic_arg} = {}; # schema://authority => IMAPClient->new args
 	my $mics = {}; # schema://authority => IMAPClient obj
 	for my $orig_uri (@{$self->{imap_order}}) {
 		my $sec = uri_section($orig_uri);
@@ -358,7 +357,6 @@ 			$self->{cfg_opt}->{$sec}->{$k} = $to;
 		}
 	}
 	# make sure we can connect and cache the credentials in memory
-	$self->{nn_arg} = {}; # schema://authority => Net::NNTP->new args
 	my %nn; # schema://authority => Net::NNTP object
 	for my $uri (@{$self->{nntp_order}}) {
 		my $sec = uri_section($uri);
@@ -622,7 +620,7 @@ 		my $mic = $cached->{$sec};
 		return $mic if $mic && $mic->IsConnected;
 		delete $cached->{$sec};
 	}
-	my $mic_arg = $self->{mic_arg}->{$sec} or
+	my $mic_arg = $self->{net_arg}->{$sec} or
 			die "BUG: no Mail::IMAPClient->new arg for $sec";
 	if (defined(my $cb_name = $mic_arg->{Authcallback})) {
 		if (ref($cb_name) ne 'CODE') {
@@ -660,7 +658,7 @@ 	# see if caller saved result of nntp_common_init
 	my $cached = $self->{nn_cached} // {};
 	my $nn;
 	$nn = delete($cached->{$sec}) and return $nn;
-	my $nn_arg = $self->{nn_arg}->{$sec} or
+	my $nn_arg = $self->{net_arg}->{$sec} or
 			die "BUG: no Net::NNTP->new arg for $sec";
 	my $nntp_cfg = $self->{cfg_opt}->{$sec};
 	$nn = nn_new($nn_arg, $nntp_cfg, $uri) or return;
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Watch.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Watch.pm
index 20ce0616dc5037d587747e2479d3eced5a4c6ca7..43ee07143d664a28bffd7513a30d96b3d403e908 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Watch.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Watch.pm
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ # idles on a single URI
 sub watch_imap_idle_1 ($$$) {
 	my ($self, $uri, $intvl) = @_;
 	my $sec = uri_section($uri);
-	my $mic_arg = $self->{mic_arg}->{$sec} or
+	my $mic_arg = $self->{net_arg}->{$sec} or
 			die "BUG: no Mail::IMAPClient->new arg for $sec";
 	my $mic;
 	local $0 = $uri->mailbox." $sec";