+my ($SQLWhereNewsgroups,@SQLBindNewsgroups);
+if ($OptNewsgroups) {
+ ($SQLWhereNewsgroups,@SQLBindNewsgroups) = &SQLGroupList($OptNewsgroups);
+ # bail out if --newsgroups is invalid
+ &Bleat(2,"--newsgroups option has an invalid format!")
+ if !$SQLWhereNewsgroups;
+}