Cannot do RSS sceduled task

[glyniel]

every time i wanna run the sceduled task from the RSS feed manager, i'm getting this error:

RSS Poster Robot

Warning: fsockopen() [function.fsockopen]: unable to connect to www.tek-9.org:80 (Connection timed out) in [path]/includes/class_rss_poster.php on line 98

Warning: Unable to fetch RSS Feed in [path]/includes/class_rss_poster.php on line 231

Tek-9 Unable to open URL or no data returned
Database Error Database error
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Database error in vBulletin 3.8.3:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT * FROM rsslog
WHERE uniquehash IN ('654069db1a71eeed936779e4e4b982b5', 'eb77ede84401cae957f6f379de7be6c2', '6f4969225324e2f0c8c7a1393a020b22', 'c03ff2d087a0820d111a5ddf0cd6894d', '7b19541cf21f52832f332536ff1d3b84', '87bc10cf6166d2e53da8ef8944660e1b', 'a6219f52919aa09db2e7f98336225f9b', '73d54fa14176b58d9fff6901477a48a4', '1d65457940443fde8ee3beba172725e1', 'd8278c7444906842f51e14552daf0f36');

MySQL Error : MySQL server has gone away
Error Number : 2006
Request Date : Friday, July 24th 2009 @ 08:09:56 AM
Error Date : Friday, July 24th 2009 @ 08:10:08 AM
Script : http://gamer-news.co.uk/forum/adminc...name=rssposter
Referrer : http://gamer-news.co.uk/forum/admincp/rssposter.php
IP Address : 82.176.69.141
Username : Rik
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version :

--------------- Added [DATE]1248444763[/DATE] at [TIME]1248444763[/TIME] ---------------

plz help me

--------------- Added [DATE]1248476604[/DATE] at [TIME]1248476604[/TIME] ---------------

please i need this for my company

[Lynne]

What is the url of the rss feed you are trying to use?