diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d9131ec..cb93f00 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ huhu 0.11.0 (unreleased)
   * Update to current Debian version.
   * Add shell to new huhu mod users.
   * Add wrapper script for read-mail.pl
+  * Add STARTTLS to poster.pl
   * Drop more headers.
   * Only connect to newsserver if there are approved posts.
   * Fix headers with continuation immediately at start.
diff --git a/bin/poster.pl b/bin/poster.pl
index 682e35f..e666711 100755
--- a/bin/poster.pl
+++ b/bin/poster.pl
@@ -84,11 +84,11 @@ sub connect_nntp($)
   my $cfg_nntp_pass = $r_config->{'nntp_pass'} ||
     die 'No "nntp_pass" in configuration file';
 
+  $nntp->starttls if $nntp->can_ssl();
+
   # authinfo does not return a value
   $nntp->authinfo($cfg_nntp_user, $cfg_nntp_pass);
 
-  $nntp->starttls if $nntp->can_ssl();
-
   return $nntp;
 }
 
diff --git a/etc/skel/etc/samples/crontab b/etc/skel/etc/samples/crontab
index 4b839c6..0c5dd12 100644
--- a/etc/skel/etc/samples/crontab
+++ b/etc/skel/etc/samples/crontab
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ BINDIR="@HUHU_DIR@/bin"
 # Remove old records from database
 5 3 * * *	"$BINDIR/removeold.pl" "$CONFIG"
 
+# Remove old messages (older than 14 days) from backup dir
+15 3 * * * find @USER_HOME@/backup -type f -mtime +14 -exec rm {} \;
+
 # Reads database, sends reply to authors of pending messages.
 # 10 * * * *	"$BINDIR/autoreply.pl" "$CONFIG"