diff --git a/exec/load/newsutil.js b/exec/load/newsutil.js
index 028b039c9db2e411fbee3b9f69d544d446d12809..d8a79a3a6bd14ae693b85c1cee4d58ce556212f6 100755
--- a/exec/load/newsutil.js
+++ b/exec/load/newsutil.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ function get_news_subject(hdr)
 
 function get_news_from(hdr)
 {
-	if(!hdr.from_net_type || !hdr.from_net_addr)	/* local message */
+	if(!hdr.from_net_addr)	/* local message */
 		return format("\"%s\" <%s@%s>"
 			,mimehdr.encode(hdr.from)
 			,hdr.from.replace(/ /g,".").toLowerCase()