--- gnus-agent.el	1999/07/13 01:54:14	1.1
+++ gnus-agent.el	1999/07/13 02:02:32
@@ -949,16 +949,27 @@
 	category predicate info marks score-param)
     ;; Fetch headers.
     (when (and (or (gnus-active group) (gnus-activate-group group))
-	       (setq articles (gnus-agent-fetch-headers group)))
-      ;; Parse them and see which articles we want to fetch.
-      (setq gnus-newsgroup-dependencies
-	    (make-vector (length articles) 0))
-      ;; No need to call `gnus-get-newsgroup-headers-xover' with
-      ;; the entire .overview for group as we still have the just
-      ;; downloaded headers in `gnus-agent-overview-buffer'.
-      (let ((nntp-server-buffer gnus-agent-overview-buffer))
-	(setq gnus-newsgroup-headers
-	      (gnus-get-newsgroup-headers-xover articles nil nil group)))
+	       (setq articles (gnus-agent-fetch-headers group))
+	       (progn
+		 ;; Parse them and see which articles we want to fetch.
+		 (setq gnus-newsgroup-dependencies
+		       (make-vector (length articles) 0))
+		 ;; No need to call `gnus-get-newsgroup-headers-xover' with
+		 ;; the entire .overview for group as we still have the just
+		 ;; downloaded headers in `gnus-agent-overview-buffer'.
+		 (let ((nntp-server-buffer gnus-agent-overview-buffer))
+		   (setq gnus-newsgroup-headers
+			 (gnus-get-newsgroup-headers-xover articles nil nil 
+							   group)))
+		 ;; `gnus-agent-overview-buffer' may be killed for
+		 ;; timeout reason. If so, recreate it.
+		 (if (gnus-buffer-live-p gnus-agent-overview-buffer)
+		     t
+		   (setq gnus-agent-overview-buffer
+			 (gnus-get-buffer-create " *Gnus agent overview*"))
+		   (with-current-buffer gnus-agent-overview-buffer
+		     (mm-enable-multibyte))
+		   nil)))
       (setq category (gnus-group-category group))
       (setq predicate
 	    (gnus-get-predicate