Forums Scripts & Popups sockopen/close

Hi

I use a number of scripts that retrieve website news/data for a channel. Sometimes either due to internet lag/timeouts etc a sock is still open by the time the script is next run:
e.g.
* /sockopen: 'djgen' socket in use (line 199, Newsroom.txt)

so I either have to /sockclose manually or wait for the connection to come right - is there a way to automatically close the socket if the above /sockopen occurs?

Thanks in advance...