>Go look in your spool file directory for that group and see what the >highest and lowest article are. If you have an article 377691, open >it up and see if it really belongs in alt.binaries.warez. I applied your patchset last night and after doing so I nuked the spool. Since then, I haven't been able to reproduce the problem. I'll keep an eye on it and report back the next time it goes nuts. Evan