diff --git a/trunk/ripnews/net/nntp.rb b/trunk/ripnews/net/nntp.rb
index f89f437..229dca0 100644
--- a/trunk/ripnews/net/nntp.rb
+++ b/trunk/ripnews/net/nntp.rb
@@ -229,6 +229,10 @@ class NNTP
     return shortcmd("SLAVE")
   end
 
+  def mode_reader()
+    return shortcmd("MODE READER")
+  end
+
   def xhdr(hdr, str)
     pat = Regexp.new '^([0-9]+) ?(.*)\n?'
     resp, lines = longcmd "XHDR #{hdr} #{str}"
diff --git a/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb b/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb
index a18658c..9838297 100644
--- a/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb
+++ b/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-# $Dwarf: article.rb,v 1.93 2004/10/15 13:48:04 ward Exp $
+# $Dwarf: article.rb,v 1.94 2004/11/21 14:21:03 ward Exp $
 # $Source$
 
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2002, 2003, 2004 Ward Wouts <ward@wouts.nl>
+# Copyright (c) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Ward Wouts <ward@wouts.nl>
 #
 # Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
 # purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ def initialize(nntpservers, groupname, newsrc="~/.newsrc")
 				timeout(60) do
 					@connections[server]["nntp"] = Net::NNTP.new(server)
 				end
+				resp = @connections[server]["nntp"].mode_reader
 			rescue TimeoutError
 				sleep 3
 				retry
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ def reconnect(server)
 		timeout(60) do
 			@connections[server]["nntp"] = Net::NNTP.new(server)
 		end
+		resp = @connections[server]["nntp"].mode_reader
 	rescue SocketError, Errno::EINVAL, EOFError, Errno::ETIMEDOUT, TimeoutError
 		print "Reconnect to #{server} failed: #{$!}\n"
 		if retries > 1
@@ -753,7 +755,7 @@ end
 
 def rechunk_runlist(runlist)
 	return nil if runlist == nil
-	chunksize = 1000
+	chunksize = 500
 	blalist = runlist.split(',')
 
 	# hmmm, als het aantal articles wat tussen de komma's ligt < pak um beet 3