diff --git a/trunk/ripnews/net/nntp.rb b/trunk/ripnews/net/nntp.rb
index 229dca0..69c4d61 100644
--- a/trunk/ripnews/net/nntp.rb
+++ b/trunk/ripnews/net/nntp.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#################################
+################################
 # 
 # nntp.rb - an NNTP client implementing RFC 977
 # ported from the Python code by Jefferson Heard
@@ -249,9 +249,9 @@ class NNTP
     resp, lines = longcmd "XOVER #{start}-#{ed}"
     xover_lines = []
     lines.each {|line|
-      elements = line.split "\t"
-      elements[5].split! " "
-      0.upto(7) {|ix| xover_lines << element[ix]}
+      elements = line.split("\t")
+      elements[5] = elements[5].split(" ")
+      xover_lines << elements
     }
     return resp, xover_lines
     rescue RuntimeError