diff -uNr ircservices-5.0.52/Changes ircservices-5.0.53/Changes
--- ircservices-5.0.52/Changes	2005-05-12 12:03:27 +0900
+++ ircservices-5.0.53/Changes	2005-05-12 23:33:08 +0900
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 5.0
 -----------
+2005/05/12 .53	Fixed bug causing server connection to fail.
 2005/05/12 .52	Fixed occasional corruption of the NickServ REGISTER syntax
 		    string upon reconfiguration (OperServ REHASH).
 		    Reported by <alm@woodnet.ru>
diff -uNr ircservices-5.0.52/send.c ircservices-5.0.53/send.c
--- ircservices-5.0.52/send.c	2005-05-12 12:19:45 +0900
+++ ircservices-5.0.53/send.c	2005-05-12 23:36:56 +0900
@@ -144,12 +144,12 @@
 	return;
     vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, args);
     if (source) {
-	if (sock_isconn(servsock))
+	if (servsock)
 	    sockprintf(servsock, ":%s %s\r\n", source, buf);
 	if (debug)
 	    log("debug: Sent: :%s %s", source, buf);
     } else {
-	if (sock_isconn(servsock))
+	if (servsock)
 	    sockprintf(servsock, "%s\r\n", buf);
 	if (debug)
 	    log("debug: Sent: %s", buf);
diff -uNr ircservices-5.0.52/sockets.c ircservices-5.0.53/sockets.c
--- ircservices-5.0.52/sockets.c	2005-05-12 12:19:45 +0900
+++ ircservices-5.0.53/sockets.c	2005-05-12 23:36:57 +0900
@@ -1160,6 +1160,8 @@
 	errno = EBADF;
 	return -1;
     }
+    if (!sock_isconn(s))  /* not yet connected */
+	return 0;
     if (s->wend != s->wptr) {
 	if (s->wptr > s->wend)	/* wrapped around? */
 	    maxwrite = s->wtop - s->wptr;
diff -uNr ircservices-5.0.52/version.sh ircservices-5.0.53/version.sh
--- ircservices-5.0.52/version.sh	2005-05-12 12:04:01 +0900
+++ ircservices-5.0.53/version.sh	2005-05-12 23:33:21 +0900
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # $PROGRAM is the string returned as the first part of a /VERSION reply,
 # and must not contain spaces.  It is not used anywhere else.
 PROGRAM=ircservices
-VERSION=5.0.52
+VERSION=5.0.53
 
 # Increment Services build number
 if [ -f version.c ] ; then