| The news client can do more than one thing at a time, given
| an opportunity.
|

I don't think that's it. When using groups I don't see more
than one or two connections open. And this error has
happened when first opening OE and going to groups. As I
said earlier, the problem is the same (unable to connect
for a few minutes, usually in the AM) but the messages I
get can vary. This is not comparable to browser connections.
There's only one instance running.