1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/nntplib.py b/Lib/nntplib.py
index 16e7550..d52286f 100644
--- a/Lib/nntplib.py
+++ b/Lib/nntplib.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ __all__ = ["NNTP","NNTPReplyError","NNTPTemporaryError",
 class NNTPError(Exception):
     """Base class for all nntplib exceptions"""
     def __init__(self, *args):
-        apply(Exception.__init__, (self,)+args)
+        Exception.__init__(self, *args)
         try:
             self.response = args[0]
         except IndexError: