diff --git a/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb b/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb
index cf8b004..48854dc 100644
--- a/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb
+++ b/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def initialize(nntpservers, groupname, newsrc="~/.newsrc")
 			@connections[server]["skip_ids"] = Set::IntSpan.new()
 			@connections[server]["newsrc"] = News::Newsrc.new("#{newsrc}.#{server}")
 			set_skip_ids(server, @connections[server]["newsrc"].marked_articles(@group))
-		rescue SocketError
+		rescue SocketError, Errno::EINVAL
 			print "Connection to #{server} failed\n"
 			del_server(server)
 		end