diff --git a/exec/nntpservice.js b/exec/nntpservice.js
index dc18e0296f3d97928ef49abe04cd02df4c00e25a..c97fa7a2ab54e051c3dc33c6ab01b685fa29c950 100644
--- a/exec/nntpservice.js
+++ b/exec/nntpservice.js
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ while(client.socket.is_connected && !quit) {
 			if(hdr!=null && body!=null)	/* both, separate with blank line */
 				writeln("");
 			if(body!=null) {
-				write(body);
+				writeln(truncsp(body));
 				msgs_read++;
 			}
 			writeln(".");