diff -U4 -r irssi-0.8.12/src/core/servers-reconnect.c irssi-0.8.12+sa/src/core/servers-reconnect.c
--- irssi-0.8.12/src/core/servers-reconnect.c	2007-10-06 10:40:39.000000000 +0100
+++ irssi-0.8.12+sa/src/core/servers-reconnect.c	2009-01-03 08:56:04.000000000 +0000
@@ -202,9 +202,9 @@
 
 #define server_should_reconnect(server) \
 	((server)->connection_lost && !(server)->no_reconnect && \
 	((server)->connrec->chatnet != NULL || \
-		(!(server)->banned && !(server)->dns_error)))
+		(!(server)->banned /*&& !(server)->dns_error*/)))
 
 #define sserver_connect_ok(rec, net) \
 	(!(rec)->banned && !(rec)->dns_error && (rec)->chatnet != NULL && \
 	g_strcasecmp((rec)->chatnet, (net)) == 0)