how to make noffle NOT switch to offline mode on "Server connection failed or newsbase problem. Leaving online mode."?

I use a very slow GPRS connection, 6000 bps, were latencies of 5-10
seconds are common. I often get this error in noffle:

Jan 27 01:15:46 tarnica noffle[5190]: [R] ARTICLE 121
Jan 27 01:15:46 tarnica noffle[5190]: [S] 220 121 <[email protected]> Article
Jan 27 01:15:50 tarnica noffle[5190]: [R] 200 main.gmane.org InterNetNews NNRP server INN 2.3.2 ready (posting ok).
Jan 27 01:15:50 tarnica noffle[5190]: Connected to 80.91.224.249:119
Jan 27 01:15:50 tarnica noffle[5190]: [S] MODE READER
Jan 27 01:15:50 tarnica noffle[5190]: [S FLUSH]
Jan 27 01:16:12 tarnica noffle[5190]: [R] 503 Timeout after 10 seconds, closing connection.
Jan 27 01:16:12 tarnica noffle[5190]: [S] ARTICLE <[email protected]>
Jan 27 01:16:12 tarnica noffle[5190]: [S FLUSH]
Jan 27 01:16:16 tarnica noffle[5190]: Connection to remote server lost (article numbers could be inconsistent)
Jan 27 01:16:16 tarnica noffle[5190]: Retrieving of <[email protected]> failed: [no status available]
Jan 27 01:16:16 tarnica noffle[5190]: [S] QUIT
Jan 27 01:16:16 tarnica noffle[5190]: [S FLUSH]
Jan 27 01:16:16 tarnica noffle[5190]: Connection to remote server lost (article numbers could be inconsistent)
Jan 27 01:16:16 tarnica noffle[5190]: Server connection failed or newsbase problem. Leaving online mode.
Jan 27 01:16:16 tarnica noffle[5190]: NOFFLE is now offline

How can I force it NOT to switch to offline mode in such cases? 
I would like it to allow me to retry fetching that post immidiately,
without having to manualy switch it to online mode first. 

BTW: it would also be great to make noffle not FIN the connection to the
news server after fetching each post, but to remain connected in case I
want to fetch any more messages in the next couple of minutes. It might
close the connection if I do not fetch any post within 10 minutes. That
would save much SYN - SYN ACK - ACK - FIN - FIN ACK packets. 

thanks, 

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