diff --git a/mailnews/base/prefs/resources/content/am-server.xul b/mailnews/base/prefs/resources/content/am-server.xul
index 433e0787167..7bf8d5c7113 100644
--- a/mailnews/base/prefs/resources/content/am-server.xul
+++ b/mailnews/base/prefs/resources/content/am-server.xul
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
     <caption label="&serverSettings.label;"/>
     <vbox align="start">
     <checkbox wsm_persist="true"
-              id="server.loginAtStartUp" hidefor="nntp"
+              id="server.loginAtStartUp" 
               label="&loginAtStartup.label;"
               accesskey="&loginAtStartup.accesskey;"
               prefattribute="value"
diff --git a/mailnews/news/src/nsNntpService.cpp b/mailnews/news/src/nsNntpService.cpp
index 71bc19bc32f..01a19e1fa52 100644
--- a/mailnews/news/src/nsNntpService.cpp
+++ b/mailnews/news/src/nsNntpService.cpp
@@ -1507,7 +1507,7 @@ NS_IMETHODIMP
 nsNntpService::GetCanLoginAtStartUp(PRBool *aCanLoginAtStartUp)
 {
   NS_ENSURE_ARG_POINTER(aCanLoginAtStartUp);
-  *aCanLoginAtStartUp = PR_FALSE;
+  *aCanLoginAtStartUp = PR_TRUE;
   return NS_OK;
 }