--- nnrss.el~	2005-07-05 22:36:17 +0000
+++ nnrss.el	2005-08-04 10:54:28 +0000
@@ -518,7 +518,10 @@
     (delete-region (point) (point-max))
     (let ((rfc2047-encoding-type 'mime)
 	  rfc2047-encode-max-chars)
-      (rfc2047-encode-region (point-min) (point-max)))
+      (condition-case nil
+	  (rfc2047-encode-region (point-min) (point-max))
+	(error
+	 (delete-region (point-min) (point-max)))))
     (goto-char (point-min))
     (while (search-forward "\n" nil t)
       (delete-backward-char 1))