--- ./pan-0.13.3.ref/pan/base/decode.c	Tue Dec 10 19:50:25 2002
+++ ./pan-0.13.3/pan/base/decode.c	Mon Jan  6 01:15:23 2003
@@ -350,16 +350,23 @@
 		if (is_nonempty_string (group_name))
 			group = server_get_named_group (dd->server, group_name);
 
-		if (group!=NULL && group_ref_articles_if_loaded (group)) {
-			int qty = 0;
-			Article ** articles = g_alloca (sizeof(Article*) * dd->mid_qty);
-			for (i=0; i<dd->mid_qty; ++i) {
-				Article * a = group_get_article_by_message_id (group, dd->mids[i]->message_id);
-				if (a != NULL)
-					articles[qty++] = a;
+		if (group!=NULL)
+		{
+			if (!group_ref_articles_if_loaded (group))
+			{
+				group_ref_articles (group, NULL);
+			}
+			{
+				int qty = 0;
+				Article ** articles = g_alloca (sizeof(Article*) * dd->mid_qty);
+				for (i=0; i<dd->mid_qty; ++i) {
+					Article * a = group_get_article_by_message_id (group, dd->mids[i]->message_id);
+					if (a != NULL)
+						articles[qty++] = a;
+				}
+				articles_add_flag (articles, qty, (success?STATE_DECODED:STATE_DECODE_FAILED));
+				group_unref_articles (group, NULL);
 			}
-			articles_add_flag (articles, qty, (success?STATE_DECODED:STATE_DECODE_FAILED));
-			group_unref_articles (group, NULL);
 		}
 	}