diff --git a/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb b/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb
index 88c4472..f4af412 100644
--- a/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb
+++ b/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb
@@ -77,23 +77,8 @@ end
 
 def del_server(server)
 	print "Removing server #{server} from list\n"
-	dellist = []
 	@connections.delete(server)
 	@serverlist.delete(server)
-	print "@servers.length #{@servers.length}\n"
-	for i in (0...@servers.length)
-		dellist.push(i)
-	end
-	for i in (dellist.reverse)
-		if @servers[i] == server
-			@messids.delete_at(i)
-			@ids.delete_at(i)
-			@servers.delete_at(i)
-			@subjects.delete_at(i)
-		end
-	end
-	@sorted = false
-	@grouped = false
 end
 
 def get_articles(cachedir=false)
@@ -129,7 +114,7 @@ def get_articles(cachedir=false)
 				resp, subj_lines = get_xhdr(server, i, "subject")
 				resp, messid_lines = get_xhdr(server, i, "message-id")
 				rescue TempError
-					print "Caught: #{$!} reading from #{server}\n"
+					print "Caught: #{$!} reading from #{server} (get_articles)\n"
 					next
 				end
 
@@ -174,7 +159,7 @@ def get_group_info(server)
 				print "Got error \"#{$!}\" from #{server}\n"
 				raise PermError, "#{$!}"
 			rescue Errno::EPIPE, Errno::ECONNRESET
-				print "Caught Errno::EPIPE reading from server #{server}\n"
+				print "Caught Errno::EPIPE reading from server #{server} (get_group_info)\n"
 				print "Error: #{$!}\n"
 				reconnect(server)
 				retry
@@ -183,7 +168,7 @@ def get_group_info(server)
 	rescue TimeoutError
 		timedout += 1
 		raise PermError, "Too many timeouts! (get_group_info)" if timedout > 1
-		print "Time out, reconnecting to server...\n"
+		print "Time out, reconnecting to server... (get_group_info)\n"
 		reconnect(server)
 		retry
 	end
@@ -207,10 +192,10 @@ def get_xhdr(server, range, header)
 					raise TempError
 				end
 			rescue Net::NNTP::RuntimeError
-				print "Caught Net::NNTP::RuntimeError reading from server #{server}\n"
+				print "Caught Net::NNTP::RuntimeError reading from server #{server} (get_xhdr)\n"
 				print "Error: #{$!}\n"
 			rescue Errno::EPIPE, Errno::ECONNRESET
-				print "Caught Errno::EPIPE reading from server #{server}\n"
+				print "Caught Errno::EPIPE reading from server #{server} (get_xhdr)\n"
 				print "Error: #{$!}\n"
 				reconnect(server)
 				get_group_info(server)
@@ -219,7 +204,7 @@ def get_xhdr(server, range, header)
 		end
 		return resp, lines
 	rescue TimeoutError
-		print "Time out, reconnecting to server\n"
+		print "Time out, reconnecting to server (get_xhdr)\n"
 		timedout += 1
 		raise PermError, "Too many timeouts! (get_xhrd)" if timedout > 1
 		reconnect(server)
@@ -268,11 +253,15 @@ def get_body(server, message)
 			begin
 				resp, id, messid, list = @connections[server]["nntp"].body(message)
 			rescue Net::NNTPReplyError
-				print "Caught Net::NNTPReplyError reading article #{message} from #{server}\n"
+				print "Caught Net::NNTPReplyError reading article #{message} from #{server} (get_body)\n"
+				print "Error: #{$!}\n"
+				return false
+			rescue EOFError
+				print "Caught EOFError reading article #{message} from #{server} (get_body)\n"
 				print "Error: #{$!}\n"
 				return false
 			rescue Errno::EPIPE, Errno::ECONNRESET
-				print "Caught Errno::EPIPE reading from server #{server}\n"
+				print "Caught Errno::EPIPE reading from server #{server} (get_body)\n"
 				print "Error: #{$!}\n"
 				reconnect(server)
 				get_group_info(server)
@@ -281,7 +270,7 @@ def get_body(server, message)
 		end
 		return resp, id, messid, list
 	rescue TimeoutError
-		print "Time out, reconnecting to server\n"
+		print "Time out, reconnecting to server (get_body)\n"
 		timedout += 1
 		raise PermError, "Too many timeouts! (get_body)" if timedout > 1
 		reconnect(server)
@@ -302,7 +291,11 @@ def get_group_body(subj)
 			print "id:              #{@groups[subj]["ids"][i]}\n" if Debuglevel > 1
 			print "server:          #{@groups[subj]["servers"][i]}\n" if Debuglevel > 0
 			begin
-				resp, id, messid, list = get_body(@groups[subj]["servers"][i], @groups[subj]["messages"][i])
+				if @serverlist.include?(@groups[subj]["servers"][i])
+					resp, id, messid, list = get_body(@groups[subj]["servers"][i], @groups[subj]["messages"][i])
+				else
+					resp = false
+				end
 				if resp == false
 					print "mess-id i:   #{@groups[subj]["messages"][i]}\n"
 					print "mess-id i+1: #{@groups[subj]["messages"][i+1]}\n"
@@ -949,6 +942,21 @@ end
 
 ###############################################################
 
+# a bas64 decoder...
+def decode64(str)
+  string = ''
+  for line in str.split("\n")
+    line.delete!('^A-Za-z0-9+')         # remove non-base64 chars
+    line.tr!('A-Za-z0-9+', ' -_')       # convert to uuencoded format
+    len = ["#{32 + line.length * 3 / 4}"].pack("c")
+                                        # compute length byte
+    string += "#{len}#{line}".unpack("u") # uudecode and concatenate
+  end
+  return string
+end
+
+###############################################################
+
 def group_subject_sort(subj)
 	#print "Sorting articles\n"
 	serverhash = {}