diff --git a/trunk/ripnews/encode/uuencode.rb b/trunk/ripnews/encode/uuencode.rb
index 072d138..1d403d4 100644
--- a/trunk/ripnews/encode/uuencode.rb
+++ b/trunk/ripnews/encode/uuencode.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #################################
 #
-# $Dwarf: uuencode.rb,v 1.2 2003/04/20 16:34:11 ward Exp $
+# $Dwarf: uuencode.rb,v 1.3 2003/04/20 16:58:07 ward Exp $
 # $Source$
 #
 # article.rb
@@ -141,7 +141,9 @@ def _uudecode_array(data)
 		next if line =~ /[a-z]/
 		next if line == nil
 		next unless ((((line[0] - 32) & 077) + 2) / 3).to_i == (line.length/4).to_i
-		decode.concat(line.unpack("u"))
+		unless line.unpack("u").eql?([""])
+			decode.concat(line.unpack("u"))
+		end
 	end
 
 	print "No \"end\" found!!!\n"