lib/PublicInbox/NetReader.pm | 3 ++-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/NetReader.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/NetReader.pm
index 08166415cfcb0c6519bd6dd749934a81d54b98a3..b5d14f137d381d62f05b916b94acc519d88308af 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/NetReader.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/NetReader.pm
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ 		Ssl => $uri->scheme eq 'imaps',
 		Keepalive => 1, # SO_KEEPALIVE
 		%$common, # may set Starttls, Compress, Debug ....
 	};
+	$mic_arg->{Ssl} = 1 if $uri->scheme eq 'imaps';
 	require PublicInbox::IMAPClient;
 	my $mic = mic_new($self, $mic_arg, $sec, $uri) or
 			die "E: <$uri> new: $@\n";
@@ -197,9 +198,9 @@ 	my $common = $nn_args->{$sec} // {};
 	my $nn_arg = {
 		Port => $uri->port,
 		Host => $host,
-		SSL => $uri->secure, # snews == nntps
 		%$common, # may Debug ....
 	};
+	$nn_arg->{SSL} = 1 if $uri->secure; # snews == nntps
 	my $sa = $self->{-proxy_cli};
 	%$nn_arg = (%$nn_arg, %$sa) if $sa;
 	my $nn = nn_new($nn_arg, $nntp_opt, $uri);