lib/PublicInbox/NNTP.pm |  2 +-
 t/nntpd.t               | 11 +++++++++--

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/NNTP.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/NNTP.pm
index ceaf05f6948da0948fa90fb14fd9eae634faf356..dd33a232fa6b95d69ef013b5dc7863c1be043a45 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/NNTP.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/NNTP.pm
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ sub listgroup_range_i {
 	my ($self, $beg, $end) = @_;
 	my $r = $self->{ibx}->mm(1)->msg_range($beg, $end, 'num');
 	scalar(@$r) or return;
-	$self->msg_more(join("\r\n", @$r, ''));
+	$self->msg_more(join('', map { "$_->[0]\r\n" } @$r));
 	1;
 }
 
diff --git a/t/nntpd.t b/t/nntpd.t
index d352c3c14805aa523cd15518f1a4789c97416933..058bd796e8fb28979ac46b76d9dfb3a0b9c44f69 100644
--- a/t/nntpd.t
+++ b/t/nntpd.t
@@ -93,6 +93,13 @@ 	is_deeply($list, { $group => [ qw(1 1 n) ] }, 'LIST works');
 	is_deeply([$n->group($group)], [ qw(0 1 1), $group ], 'GROUP works');
 	is_deeply($n->listgroup($group), [1], 'listgroup OK');
 	# TODO: Net::NNTP::listgroup does not support range at the moment
+	my $s = tcp_connect($sock);
+	sysread($s, my $buf, 4096);
+	is($buf, "201 " . hostname . " ready - post via email\r\n",
+		'got greeting');
+	syswrite($s, "LISTGROUP $group 1-1\r\n");
+	$buf = read_til_dot($s);
+	like($buf, qr/\r\n1\r\n/s, 'LISTGROUP with range works');
 
 	{
 		my $expect = [ qw(Subject: From: Date: Message-ID:
@@ -120,8 +127,8 @@ 		'xref' => hostname . " $group:1",
 		'references' => '<reftabsqueezed>',
 	);
 
-	my $s = tcp_connect($sock);
-	sysread($s, my $buf, 4096);
+	$s = tcp_connect($sock);
+	sysread($s, $buf, 4096);
 	is($buf, "201 " . hostname . " ready - post via email\r\n",
 		'got greeting');