diff --git a/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb b/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb
index 09401ed..1226daa 100644
--- a/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb
+++ b/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ def get_body(server, message)
 				a += $!
 				print "Caught Net::NNTPReplyError reading article #{message} from #{server} (get_body)\n"
 				print "Error: #{$!}\n"
-				if retries == 0 && a =~ /^503/
+				if retries == 0 && (a =~ /^503/ || a =~ /^400/)
 					reconnect(server)
 					get_group_info(server)
 					retries = 1