diff -r a059aecd1794 -r 4ddc1020a154 src/org/sonews/daemon/command/PostCommand.java
--- a/src/org/sonews/daemon/command/PostCommand.java	Sun Oct 30 22:15:03 2011 +0100
+++ b/src/org/sonews/daemon/command/PostCommand.java	Sun Nov 06 00:08:05 2011 +0100
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import org.sonews.storage.StorageManager;
 import org.sonews.feed.FeedManager;
 import org.sonews.util.Stats;
+import org.sonews.util.io.SMTPInputStream;
 
 /**
  * Implementation of the POST command. This command requires multiple lines
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@
 				if ("".equals(line) || ".".equals(line)) {
 					// we finally met the blank line
 					// separating headers from body
+					// WTF: "."
 
 					try {
 						// Parse the header using the InternetHeader class from JavaMail API
@@ -124,6 +126,7 @@
 
 					state = PostState.ReadingBody;
 
+					// WTF: do we need articles without bodies?
 					if (".".equals(line)) {
 						// Post an article without body
 						postArticle(conn, article);
@@ -138,7 +141,7 @@
 					headers.setHeader(Headers.LINES, Integer.toString(lineCount));
 					headers.setHeader(Headers.BYTES, Long.toString(bodySize));
 
-					byte[] body = bufBody.toByteArray();
+					byte[] body = unescapeDots(bufBody.toByteArray());
 					if (body.length >= 2) {
 						// Remove trailing CRLF
 						body = Arrays.copyOf(body, body.length - 2);
@@ -213,7 +216,7 @@
 		if (conn.getUser() != null && conn.getUser().isAuthenticated()) {
 			article.setAuthenticatedUser(conn.getUser().getUserName());
 		}
-		
+
 		if (article.getHeader(Headers.CONTROL)[0].length() > 0) {
 			controlMessage(conn, article);
 		} else if (article.getHeader(Headers.SUPERSEDES)[0].length() > 0) {
@@ -273,4 +276,27 @@
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * TODO: rework, integrate into NNTPConnection
+	 * 
+	 * @param body message body with doubled dots
+	 * @return message body with unescaped dots (.. → .)
+	 */
+	private static byte[] unescapeDots(byte[] body) throws IOException {
+		byte[] result = new byte[body.length];
+		int resultLength = 0;
+
+		ByteArrayInputStream escapedInput = new ByteArrayInputStream(body);
+		SMTPInputStream unescapedInput = new SMTPInputStream(escapedInput);
+
+		int ch = unescapedInput.read();
+		while (ch >= 0) {
+			result[resultLength] = (byte) ch;
+			resultLength++;
+			ch = unescapedInput.read();
+		}
+
+		return Arrays.copyOfRange(result, 0, resultLength);
+	}
 }