diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 014d95d8..1c540e7a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ v0.51.4		11-Apr-2004
 		You may need to edit or remove /opt/mbse/tmp/newsout to remove
 		postings for the remote newsserver with echomail messages.
 		Fixed a bug that no news was fetched at all.
+		Fixed a bug that tossed echomail was attempted to post to the
+		ISP newsserver (that didn't accept it).
 
 	mbnntp:
 		New program, news server to read echomail with a news client.
diff --git a/mbfido/postecho.c b/mbfido/postecho.c
index b364018c..0ebdcbc4 100644
--- a/mbfido/postecho.c
+++ b/mbfido/postecho.c
@@ -488,9 +488,9 @@ int postecho(faddr *p_from, faddr *f, faddr *t, char *orig, char *subj, time_t m
     }
 
     /*
-     *  Gate to newsserver
+     *  Gate to newsserver if this is a real newsgroup
      */
-    if (strlen(msgs.Newsgroup) && tonews) {
+    if (strlen(msgs.Newsgroup) && (msgs.Type == NEWS) && tonews) {
 	rewind(nfp);
 	qp = tmpfile();
         while ((fgets(buf, MAX_LINE_LENGTH, nfp)) != NULL) {
diff --git a/mbfido/scannews.c b/mbfido/scannews.c
index 9e325c05..3b491692 100644
--- a/mbfido/scannews.c
+++ b/mbfido/scannews.c
@@ -408,7 +408,6 @@ int get_xover(char *grpname, long startnr, long endnr, List **art)
 	if ((strlen(resp) == 1) && (strcmp(resp, ".") == 0)) {
 	    done = TRUE;
 	} else {
-	    Syslogp('n', printable(resp, 0));
 	    Marker();
 	    Nopper();
 	    pov = xoverview;
diff --git a/mbnntp/commands.c b/mbnntp/commands.c
index 3d52e920..b320b4b2 100644
--- a/mbnntp/commands.c
+++ b/mbnntp/commands.c
@@ -261,7 +261,10 @@ void command_group(char *cmd)
     if ((fp = fopen(temp, "r"))) {
 	fread(&msgshdr, sizeof(msgshdr), 1, fp);
 	while (fread(&msgs, msgshdr.recsize, 1, fp) == 1) {
-	    if (msgs.Active && ((msgs.Type == ECHOMAIL) || (msgs.Type == NEWS)) && strlen(msgs.Newsgroup) &&
+	    /*
+	     * Only echomail areas with a valid newsgroup name to which the user has access.
+	     */
+	    if (msgs.Active && (msgs.Type == ECHOMAIL) && strlen(msgs.Newsgroup) &&
 		    (strcasecmp(opt, msgs.Newsgroup) == 0) && Access(usrconfig.Security, msgs.RDSec)) {
 		if (Msg_Open(msgs.Base)) {
 		    Msg_Number();
@@ -313,8 +316,11 @@ void command_list(char *cmd)
 	if ((fp = fopen(temp, "r"))) {
 	    fread(&msgshdr, sizeof(msgshdr), 1, fp);
 	    while (fread(&msgs, msgshdr.recsize, 1, fp) == 1) {
-		if (msgs.Active && ((msgs.Type == ECHOMAIL) || (msgs.Type == NEWS)) && strlen(msgs.Newsgroup) && 
-			Access(usrconfig.Security, msgs.RDSec)) {
+		/*
+		 * Only list echomail areas. If a user wants news, he should get that from
+		 * a real newsserver to prevent problems.
+		 */
+		if (msgs.Active && (msgs.Type == ECHOMAIL) && strlen(msgs.Newsgroup) && Access(usrconfig.Security, msgs.RDSec)) {
 		    if (Access(usrconfig.Security, msgs.WRSec))
 			rw = 'y';
 		    else
@@ -340,6 +346,9 @@ void command_list(char *cmd)
 	return;
     }
 
+    /*
+     * Standard list, most clients don't need it, but it's adviced to have.
+     */
     if (opt && (strcasecmp(opt, "OVERVIEW.FMT") == 0)) {
 	send_nntp("215 Order of fields in overview database");
 	send_nntp("Subject:");
@@ -349,7 +358,6 @@ void command_list(char *cmd)
 	send_nntp("References:");
 	send_nntp("Bytes:");
 	send_nntp("Lines:");
-//	send_nntp("Xref:full");
 	send_nntp(".");
 	return;
     }
@@ -372,7 +380,7 @@ void command_xover(char *cmd)
 {
     char	    *opt, *p, msgid[100], reply[100];
     unsigned long   i, start, end;
-    int		    refs, bytecount, linecount;
+    int		    bytecount, linecount;
 
     IsDoing("Xover");
     opt = strtok(cmd, " \0");
@@ -416,15 +424,14 @@ void command_xover(char *cmd)
     send_nntp("224 Overview information follows");
     for (i = start; i <= end; i++) {
 	if (Msg_ReadHeader(i)) {
-	    bytecount = linecount = refs = 0;
-	    if (Msg.Original)
-		refs++;
-	    if (Msg.Reply)
-		refs++;
+	    bytecount = linecount = 0;
 	    if (Msg_Read(i, 80)) {
 		if ((p = (char *)MsgText_First()) != NULL) {
 		    do {
-			if (p[0] != '\001') {
+			if ((p[0] != '\001') && (strncmp(p, "SEEN-BY:", 8)) && (strncmp(p, "AREA:", 5))) {
+			    /*
+			     * Only count lines and bytes we should send
+			     */
 			    linecount++;
 			    bytecount += strlen(p);
 			}