diff --git a/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb b/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb
index f231f1c..2c51f8d 100644
--- a/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb
+++ b/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Dwarf: article.rb,v 1.80 2003/11/12 14:01:43 ward Exp $
+# $Dwarf: article.rb,v 1.81 2004/05/19 09:55:12 ward Exp $
 # $Source$
 
 #
@@ -66,8 +66,10 @@ def reconnect(server)
 	end
 	begin
 		sleep 3
-		@connections[server]["nntp"] = Net::NNTP.new(server)
-	rescue SocketError, Errno::EINVAL, EOFError, Errno::ETIMEDOUT
+		timeout(180) do
+			@connections[server]["nntp"] = Net::NNTP.new(server)
+		end
+	rescue SocketError, Errno::EINVAL, EOFError, Errno::ETIMEDOUT, TimeoutError
 		print "Reconnect to #{server} failed: #{$!}\n"
 		del_server(server)
 		raise PermError, "Couldn't connect to #{server}"