diff --git a/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb b/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb
index 262068f..c3e814a 100644
--- a/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb
+++ b/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb
@@ -72,12 +72,18 @@ end
 def get_articles(cachedir=false)
 	for server in @connections.keys
 		first, last = get_group_info(server)
-		@connections[server]["first"] = first ? first : 0
-		@connections[server]["last"] = last ? last : 0
+		if first
+			@connections[server]["first"] = first ? first : 0
+			@connections[server]["last"] = last ? last : 0
+		else
+			print "Error selecting @group on server #{server}, removing from server list...\n"
+			@connections.delete(server)
+			@serverlist.delete(server)
+		end
 	end
 	read_cache(cachedir)
 	for server in @connections.keys
-		print "reading articles from server: #{server}\n"
+		print "	reading articles from server: #{server}\n"
 		if @connections[server]["first"] > @connections[server]["last"]
 			print "	First article has higher number that last article on server #{server}.\n"
 			print "	Skipping...\n"
@@ -135,6 +141,7 @@ def get_group_info(server)
 				resp, count, first, last, name = @connections[server]["nntp"].group(@group)
 			rescue Net::NNTP::RuntimeError
 				print "Couldn't open group: #{@group}\n"
+				print "Error: #{$!}\n"
 				return false
 			rescue Errno::EPIPE, Errno::ECONNRESET
 				print "Caught Errno::EPIPE reading from server #{server}\n"
@@ -492,18 +499,18 @@ def uudecode(data, outfile=nil)
 	case data.type.to_s
 		when "Array"
 			print "Calling _uudecode_array\n" if Debuglevel>0
-			mode, file, body = _uudecode_array(data)
+			mode, filename, body = _uudecode_array(data)
 		when "File", "Tempfile"
 			unless outfile
 				print "uudecode: need outfile\n"
 				exit
 			end
 			print "Calling _uudecode_file\n" if Debuglevel>0
-			mode, file, body = _uudecode_file(data, outfile)
+			mode, filename, body = _uudecode_file(data, outfile)
 		else
 			print "Funny stuff in uudecode. Data of type \"#{data.type.to_s}\"\n"
 	end
-	return mode, file, body
+	return mode, filename, body
 end
 
 def _uudecode_file(file, outfile)
@@ -571,9 +578,8 @@ end
 # toch maar een keer aparte class van maken...
 def _uudecode_array(data)
 	decode = []
-#	begun = false
 	mode = 0600
-	file = "unknown"
+	filename = "unknown"
 	c = 0
 	lines = data.length
 	percent = 0
@@ -586,10 +592,10 @@ def _uudecode_array(data)
 			print "beginning matched; rest: #{m}\n" if Debuglevel > 0
 			if m =~ /^(\s+(\d+))?(\s+(.*?\S))?\s*\Z/
 				mode = $2
-				file = $4
+				filename = $4
 				print "found beginning\n" if Debuglevel > 0
 			else
-				print "mode, file set to defaults: #{m}\n"
+				print "mode, filename set to defaults: #{m}\n"
 			end
 			break
 		end
@@ -615,7 +621,7 @@ def _uudecode_array(data)
 		end
 		line = data[i]
 		i += 1
-		return mode, file, decode if line =~ /^end/
+		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 ==
@@ -624,7 +630,6 @@ def _uudecode_array(data)
 	end
 
 	print "No \"end\" found!!!\n"
-	#return mode, file, decode
 	return false
 end
 
@@ -665,18 +670,18 @@ def ydecode(data, outfile=nil)
 	case data.type.to_s
 		when "Array"
 			print "Calling _ydecode_array\n" if Debuglevel>0
-			mode, file, body = _ydecode_array(data)
+			mode, filename, body = _ydecode_array(data)
 		when "File", "Tempfile"
 			unless outfile
 				print "ydecode: need outfile\n"
 				exit
 			end
 			print "Calling _ydecode_file\n" if Debuglevel>0
-			mode, file, body = _ydecode_file(data, outfile)
+			mode, filename, body = _ydecode_file(data, outfile)
 		else
 			print "Funny stuff in ydecode. Data of type \"#{data.type.to_s}\"\n"
 	end
-	return mode, file, body
+	return mode, filename, body
 end
 
 def _ydecode_file(file, outfile)
@@ -794,7 +799,7 @@ def _ydecode_file(file, outfile)
 	end
 
 	print "No \"=yend\" found!!!\n"
-	return mode, file, outfile
+	return mode, filename, outfile
 end
 
 # toch maar een keer aparte class van maken... geld ook voor dit geneuzel