diff --git a/lib/tasks/e_paper_tasks.rake b/lib/tasks/e_paper_tasks.rake
index 868d33a..c9f9388 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/e_paper_tasks.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/e_paper_tasks.rake
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ namespace :epaper do
 				site = Site.first
 				@address = site['site_settings']['address']
 				@port = (site['site_settings']['port'].to_i rescue 587)
-				@open_timeout = 30
+				@open_timeout = 10
 				@read_timeout = 60
 				@debug_output = nil
 				tls = (site['site_settings']['enable_starttls_auto'] == "1")
@@ -83,11 +83,16 @@ namespace :epaper do
 	    	check_list = check_emails
 	    end
 	    check_list.each do |check_email|
-			res1 = epaper_get_response("RCPT TO:<#{check_email}>")
-			res2 = epaper_get_response("RCPT TO:<#{check_email}>")
-			if !(res1.success? && res2.success?)
+	    	begin
+				res1 = epaper_get_response("RCPT TO:<#{check_email}>")
+				res2 = epaper_get_response("RCPT TO:<#{check_email}>")
+				if !(res1.success? && res2.success?)
+					invalid_emails << check_email
+					puts [check_email,res1.message,res2.message]
+				end
+			rescue => e
+				puts e.to_s
 				invalid_emails << check_email
-				puts [check_email,res1.message,res2.message]
 			end
 		end
 		s.close