diff --git a/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb b/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb
index 30efac6..4a3ee1f 100644
--- a/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb
+++ b/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Dwarf: article.rb,v 1.78 2003/08/31 20:08:14 ward Exp $
+# $Dwarf: article.rb,v 1.79 2003/09/23 12:47:54 ward Exp $
 # $Source$
 
 #
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ def get_group_info(server)
 				else
 					raise PermError, "#{$!}"
 				end
-			rescue Errno::EPIPE, Errno::ECONNRESET, EOFError
+			rescue Errno::EPIPE, Errno::ECONNRESET, Errno::ETIMEDOUT, EOFError
 				printerr(server)
 				reconnect(server)
 				retry
@@ -374,6 +374,9 @@ end
 def get_group_body_first(subj)
 	group_subject_sort(subj)
 	i = 0
+	unless @groups[subj]["messages"][0]
+		return false
+	end
 	while @gotten.has_key?(@groups[subj]["messages"][0]) == false
 		print "getting article: #{subj}\n" if Debuglevel > 0
 		print "full subject:    #{@groups[subj]["subject"][0]}\n" if Debuglevel > 0
@@ -704,6 +707,12 @@ def printerr(server)
 end
 
 def quit
+	# just testing if these should be reset...
+	@messids = []
+	@ids = []
+	@servers = []
+	@subjects = []
+
 	for server in  @connections.keys
 		begin
 			@connections[server]["nntp"].quit