diff --git a/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb b/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
index 6f83b41..ed209ce 100755
--- a/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
+++ b/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/local/bin/ruby -w
 
-# $Dwarf: ripnews.rb,v 1.38 2003/03/17 08:42:51 ward Exp $
+# $Dwarf: ripnews.rb,v 1.39 2003/03/20 21:53:51 ward Exp $
 # $Source$
 
 require 'date'
@@ -326,8 +326,18 @@ def check_ext(group, filename, mode)
 	case mode
 	when "s"
 		print "sould have extension: #{@config[group]["-S"]}\n";
+		if ( filename =~ /\.(#{@config[group]["-S"]})$/ )
+			print "extension matches\n"
+		else
+			print "extension doesn't match\n"
+		end
 		return @config.has_key?("-S") ? filename =~ /\.(#{@config[group]["-S"]})$/ : true
 	when "m"
+		if ( filename =~ /\.(#{@config[group]["-M"]})$/ )
+			print "extension matches\n"
+		else
+			print "extension doesn't match\n"
+		end
 		print "sould have extension: #{@config[group]["-M"]}\n";
 		return @config.has_key?("-M") ? filename =~ /\.(#{@config[group]["-M"]})$/ : true
 	else