diff --git a/mail/msmtp-scripts/Makefile b/mail/msmtp-scripts/Makefile
index 42ed208ed..34242434e 100644
--- a/mail/msmtp-scripts/Makefile
+++ b/mail/msmtp-scripts/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=msmtp-scripts
 PKG_VERSION:=1.2.4
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://launchpad.net/$(PKG_NAME)/1.2/$(PKG_VERSION)/+download
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ define Package/msmtpq-ng/install
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) ./files/msmtpq-ng.rc $(1)/etc/msmtpq-ng.rc
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
 	$(CP) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/src/usr/bin/msmtpq-ng $(1)/usr/bin/
+	$(SED) "s,nc -vz,printf \"HEAD / HTTP/1.1\\\\r\\\\nHost: \$$$${EMAIL_CONN_TEST_SITE}\\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\n\"|nc," $(1)/usr/bin/msmtpq-ng
 	$(CP) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/src/usr/bin/msmtpq-ng-queue $(1)/usr/bin/
 endef
 
diff --git a/mail/msmtp-scripts/files/msmtpq-ng-mta.rc b/mail/msmtp-scripts/files/msmtpq-ng-mta.rc
index f4637ff42..bb1536adb 100644
--- a/mail/msmtp-scripts/files/msmtpq-ng-mta.rc
+++ b/mail/msmtp-scripts/files/msmtpq-ng-mta.rc
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
 #MSMTPQ_NG=msmtpq-ng
 #MSMTPQ_NG_QUEUE=msmtpq-ng-queue
 #MSMTP_CONF=/etc/msmtprc
-#EMAIL_CONN_TEST=p
-EMAIL_CONN_TEST_PING=openwrt.org
+EMAIL_CONN_TEST=n
+#EMAIL_CONN_TEST_PING=openwrt.org
 #EMAIL_CONN_TEST_IP=8.8.8.8
-#EMAIL_CONN_TEST_SITE=www.debian.org
+EMAIL_CONN_TEST_SITE=openwrt.org
 #MSMTP_HOLD_SMTP_MAIL=true
 #MSMTP_HOLD_CLI_MAIL=false
diff --git a/mail/msmtp-scripts/files/msmtpq-ng.rc b/mail/msmtp-scripts/files/msmtpq-ng.rc
index 33d721c28..ef8c0f051 100644
--- a/mail/msmtp-scripts/files/msmtpq-ng.rc
+++ b/mail/msmtp-scripts/files/msmtpq-ng.rc
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 #LOG=~/log/.msmtp.queue.log
 #MAXLOGLEVEL=7
 #MSMTP_LOCK_DIR=~/.msmtp.lock
-EMAIL_CONN_TEST=p
-EMAIL_CONN_TEST_PING=openwrt.org
+EMAIL_CONN_TEST=n
+#EMAIL_CONN_TEST_PING=openwrt.org
 #EMAIL_CONN_TEST_IP=8.8.8.8
-#EMAIL_CONN_TEST_SITE=www.debian.org
+EMAIL_CONN_TEST_SITE=openwrt.org
 #MSMTP_UMASK=077
 #MSMTP_LOG_UMASK=077
 #MSMTP_QUEUE_QUIET=false