diff -r -u s-news-0.1.10/config.h.in s-news/config.h.in
--- s-news-0.1.10/config.h.in	2002-05-18 20:22:50.000000000 +0100
+++ s-news/config.h.in	2002-10-12 19:23:12.000000000 +0100
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@
 /* Define if you have the <malloc.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_MALLOC_H
 
+/* Define if you have the <sys/file.h> header file.  */
+#undef HAVE_SYS_FILE_H
+
 /* Define if you have the <memory.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_MEMORY_H
 
diff -r -u s-news-0.1.10/configure s-news/configure
--- s-news-0.1.10/configure	2002-05-18 20:25:00.000000000 +0100
+++ s-news/configure	2002-10-12 19:23:12.000000000 +0100
@@ -2370,7 +2370,7 @@
 
 fi
 
-for ac_header in fcntl.h limits.h malloc.h syslog.h unistd.h
+for ac_header in fcntl.h limits.h malloc.h syslog.h unistd.h sys/file.h
 do
 as_ac_Header=`echo "ac_cv_header_$ac_header" | $as_tr_sh`
 echo "$as_me:2376: checking for $ac_header" >&5
diff -r -u s-news-0.1.10/configure.in s-news/configure.in
--- s-news-0.1.10/configure.in	2002-05-18 20:22:46.000000000 +0100
+++ s-news/configure.in	2002-10-12 19:23:12.000000000 +0100
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 dnl Checks for header files.
 AC_HEADER_STDC
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(fcntl.h limits.h malloc.h syslog.h unistd.h)
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(fcntl.h limits.h malloc.h syslog.h unistd.h sys/file.h)
 
 dnl Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
 AC_TYPE_UID_T
diff -r -u s-news-0.1.10/qnews.c s-news/qnews.c
--- s-news-0.1.10/qnews.c	2002-05-18 20:21:42.000000000 +0100
+++ s-news/qnews.c	2002-10-12 19:23:55.000000000 +0100
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  *  S-News version 0.1.9 - A Simple News Server
  *  Copyright (C) 1998 Christopher John Purnell
  *                     cjp@lost.org.uk
+ *  flock modification (c) 2002 Tony Houghton
+ *  		       tony@realh.co.uk
  *
  *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -22,7 +24,13 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #endif
 
+#include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_FILE_H
+#include <sys/file.h>
+#endif
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
 #ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
@@ -79,15 +87,37 @@
 			if (match_group(ptr->value,line,end))
 			{
 				FILE *fp;
+			#ifdef HAVE_SYS_FILE_H
+				int fd;
+			#endif
 
 				sprintf(file,CONFDIR"/suck/%s/outgoing",
-					ptr->name);
+				    ptr->name);
 
-				if (!(fp = fopen(file,"a")))
+			#ifdef HAVE_SYS_FILE_H
+				if ((fd = open(file,O_WRONLY|O_APPEND|O_CREAT,
+						0644)) == -1)
 				{
-					perror(file);
-					return (1);
+				    perror(file);
+				    return (1);
+				}
+				if (flock(fd,LOCK_EX) == -1)
+				{
+				    perror(file);
+				    return (1);
+				}
+				if (!(fp = fdopen(fd,"a")))
+				{
+				    perror(file);
+				    return (1);
 				}
+			#else
+                                if (!(fp = fopen(file,"a")))
+                                {
+                                        perror(file);
+                                        return (1);
+                                }
+			#endif
 
 				if (fputs(line,fp) < 0 ||
 				    fputc('\n',fp) < 0)
@@ -103,6 +133,9 @@
 					return (1);
 				}
 
+				/* By commenting this break we can post to
+				 * multiple servers instead of stopping after
+				 * first match*/
 				break;
 			}
 		}
@@ -204,7 +237,7 @@
 				return (0);
 			break;
 		case '[':
-			if (str>=end)
+			if (str<end)
 			{
 				unsigned char rev,mat=0,l=0,h,u=*str;
 
@@ -229,6 +262,8 @@
 				if (mat==rev)
 					return (0);
 			}
+			else
+				return (0);
 			break;
 		default:
 			if (str>=end || *str!=c)