--- nnrss.el.orig	2005-12-21 12:43:03.000000000 -0500
+++ nnrss.el	2005-12-21 12:43:13.000000000 -0500
@@ -380,7 +380,9 @@
 	;; FIXME: shouldn't binding `coding-system-for-read' be moved
 	;; to `mm-url-insert'?
 	(let ((coding-system-for-read 'binary))
-	  (mm-url-insert url)))
+          (condition-case nil
+              (mm-url-insert url)
+            (error (nnheader-message 3 "nnrss: Failed to fetch %s" url)))))
       (nnheader-remove-cr-followed-by-lf)
       ;; Decode text according to the encoding attribute.
       (when (setq cs (nnrss-get-encoding))