foreach my $h (@{$hosts}) {
    $connect{PeerAddr} = $h;
    $obj = $type->SUPER::new(%connect) or next;
    ${*$obj}{'net_nntp_host'} = $h;
    ${*$obj}{'net_nntp_arg'} = \%arg;
    if ($arg{SSL}) {
      Net::NNTP::_SSL->start_SSL($obj,%arg) or next;
    }
    last:
  }