*** cleanfeed.orig	Tue Sep 26 19:36:53 2000
--- cleanfeed	Tue Sep 26 19:37:01 2000
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*** 569,575 ****
      	return "" if ($gr{'skip'});
  
  	# count the lines in the article
! 	$lines = $hdr{'__BODY__'} =~ tr/\n/\n/;
  
  	# call a local filter if it exists
  	if (defined &local_filter_before_emp) {
--- 569,579 ----
      	return "" if ($gr{'skip'});
  
  	# count the lines in the article
!         if (exists($hdr{'__LINES__'}) && defined( $hdr{'__LINES__'})) {
!             $lines = $hdr{'__LINES__'};
!         } else {
!             $lines = ($hdr{'__BODY__'} =~ tr/\n/\n/);
!         }
  
  	# call a local filter if it exists
  	if (defined &local_filter_before_emp) {