diff --git a/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb b/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
index f4eed83..d838454 100755
--- a/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
+++ b/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/local/bin/ruby -w
 
-# $Dwarf: ripnews.rb,v 1.53 2003/04/27 22:28:59 ward Exp $
+# $Dwarf: ripnews.rb,v 1.54 2003/04/28 09:07:17 ward Exp $
 # $Source$
 
 require 'date'
+require 'time'
 require 'getoptlong'
 require 'news/article'
 require 'news/newsrc'
@@ -392,6 +393,7 @@ end
 #############################################################################################
 
 $stdout.sync=true					# line buffered output
+print "\nStarting: #{Time.now}\n\n"
 defaults = {'-c' => "#{ENV['HOME']}/.ripnewsrc"}
 defaults = parse_options(defaults)
 parse_config(defaults)
@@ -428,6 +430,11 @@ for group in @config.keys.sort
 	end
 	for i in @articles.get_group_subjects
 		print "#{i}\n" if Debuglevel > 2
+		if @config[group].has_key?("-MR") and i =~ /#{@config[group]["-MR"]}/
+			print "	Marking '#{subject}' matches as read\n"
+			@articles.group_update_newsrc(i)
+			next
+		end
 		if !(@config[group].has_key?("-X") and i =~ /#{@config[group]["-X"]}/) and
 		   i =~ /#{@config[group]["-I"]}/
 			print "Match: #{i}\n" if Debuglevel > 0
@@ -455,3 +462,4 @@ for group in @config.keys.sort
 	end
 	@articles.quit
 end
+print "\nFinished: #{Time.now}\n"