diff --git a/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb b/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
index 116ee4d..a9dcf1d 100755
--- a/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
+++ b/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/local/bin/ruby -w
 
-# $Dwarf: ripnews.rb,v 1.69 2003/06/16 22:13:56 ward Exp $
+# $Dwarf: ripnews.rb,v 1.70 2003/06/20 09:56:15 ward Exp $
 # $Source$
 
 require 'date'
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ def output_data(subject, mode, filename="", body="")
 
 	# de-crap subject...
 	sub = subject.sub(/\s*$/, "")	# strip trailing spaces
-	sub.sub!(/^[\s\.!-]*/, "")	# strip leading spaces, dots, exclamation points and dashes
+	sub.sub!(/^[\s\.!-#]*/, "")	# strip leading spaces, dots, exclamation points, dashes and hashes
 
 	# decide on a filename
 	if @config[group].has_key?("-L") and @config[group]["-L"]