function connect()
	{
		$this->fs = @fsockopen($this->server, $this->port, $errno, $errstr, $this->timeout);
		if (!@is_resource($this->fs)) {
			$this->error = "Unable to establish connection to $this->server on port $this->port failed\nWith Error #$errno : $errstr\n";
			return false;
		}
		if (!socket_set_blocking($this->fs, true)) {
			$this->error = "Unable to make socket to blocking mode\n";
			return false;
		}

		$ret = $this->get_return_code();

		if (!$this->compare_return_codes(200, $ret) && !$this->compare_return_codes(201, $ret)) {
			$this->error = "Failed to recieve proper response from NNTP Server, got ".$this->lrc."\n";
			return false;
		}

		$ret = $this->cmd("MODE reader");

		if (($this->cmd("GROUP ".$this->newsgroup) != 211)) {
			$this->error = "Unable to use ".$this->newsgroup." newsgroup NTTP Msg: ".$this->lrc."\n";
			return false;
		} else {
			$tmp = explode(" ", $this->lrc);
			$this->group_na = $tmp[1];
			$this->group_first = $tmp[2];
			$this->group_last = $tmp[3];
		}

		return true;
	}

$this->fs = @fsockopen($this->server, $this->port, $errno, $errstr, $this->timeout);
		if (!@is_resource($this->fs)) {

$this->fs = fsockopen($this->server, $this->port, $errno, $errstr, $this->timeout);
		if (!@is_resource($this->fs)) {