According to RFC977 reply from server to NEWGROUPS command should be the same format as reply to LIST command - but it is not. Here is sample: list 215 list follows local.emil 0 0 y local.allegro 255 10 y local.linux 23 10 y local.test 255 10 y local.sdl 554 10 y local.empty 0 0 y local.small 16 10 y . newgroups 010101 010101 231 new newsgroups follows local.emil 0 0 y local.allegro 10 255 y local.linux 10 23 y local.test 10 255 y local.sdl 10 554 y local.empty 0 0 y local.small 10 16 y . Note that the numbers in each line are transposed. -- Martin