diff --git a/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb b/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
index d1033df..addc788 100755
--- a/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
+++ b/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/local/bin/ruby -w
 
-# $Dwarf: ripnews.rb,v 1.88 2005/01/29 18:42:30 ward Exp $
+# $Dwarf: ripnews.rb,v 1.89 2005/01/30 14:24:47 ward Exp $
 # $Source$
 
 #
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ require 'getoptlong'
 require 'news/article'
 require 'news/newsrc'
 require 'tempfile'
+require 'thread'
 require 'encode/uuencode'
 require 'encode/yenc'
 
@@ -385,6 +386,9 @@ def get_multi(subj, group)
 	print "Fetching multipart article: #{subj}\n"
 	if @config[group]["TEMPDIR"] == nil or @config[group]["TEMPDIR"] == ""
 		body = @articles.get_group_body(subj)
+
+		# should probably thread this too, but I never use this
+
 		if UUEncode.is_uuencoded(body)
 			filename = UUEncode.get_filename(body)
 			print "	filename #{filename}\n"
@@ -420,6 +424,9 @@ def get_multi(subj, group)
 			return false
 		end
 		output_data(subj, mode, filename, body)
+
+		# end of thread
+
 		return true
 	else
 		body = @articles.get_group_body_first(subj)
@@ -535,8 +542,10 @@ def output_data(subject, mode, filename="", body="")
 
 	# do the actual saving
 	if save_file("#{@config[group]["DATADIR"]}/#{group}", outfile, body)
-		@articles.group_update_newsrc(subject)
-		@articles.save_newsrc unless @config[group].has_key?("-T") and @config[group]["-T"]
+		@newsrc_lock.synchronize {
+			@articles.group_update_newsrc(subject)
+			@articles.save_newsrc unless @config[group].has_key?("-T") and @config[group]["-T"]
+		}
 	end
 end
 
@@ -646,6 +655,7 @@ def main
 	profile_mem("out side of loop still")
 	for group in @config.keys.sort
 		@decode_threads = []
+		@newsrc_lock = Mutex.new
 		profile_mem("#{group} start")
 		puts "object count:"
 		puts ObjectSpace.each_object(){}