diff --git a/trunk/ripnews/encode/uuencode.rb b/trunk/ripnews/encode/uuencode.rb
index 5178cc2..2b7a5d9 100644
--- a/trunk/ripnews/encode/uuencode.rb
+++ b/trunk/ripnews/encode/uuencode.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Dwarf: uuencode.rb,v 1.6 2003/07/20 20:32:01 ward Exp $
+# $Dwarf: uuencode.rb,v 1.7 2004/06/16 08:14:50 ward Exp $
 # $Source$
 
 #
@@ -148,7 +148,11 @@ def _uudecode_array(data)
 		return mode, filename, decode if line =~ /^end/
 		next if line =~ /[a-z]/
 		next if line == nil
-		next unless ((((line[0] - 32) & 077) + 2) / 3).to_i == (line.length/4).to_i
+		begin
+			next unless ((((line[0] - 32) & 077) + 2) / 3).to_i == (line.length/4).to_i
+		rescue NoMethodError
+			return false
+		end
 		unless line.unpack("u").eql?([""])
 			decode.concat(line.unpack("u"))
 		end