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diff --git a/NewsStats.pm b/NewsStats.pm
index f0a4066..91a1396 100644
--- a/NewsStats.pm
+++ b/NewsStats.pm
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ require Exporter;
   SplitPeriod
   ListMonth
   ListNewsgroups
+  ParseHierarchies
   ReadGroupList
   OutputData
   FormatOutput
@@ -98,7 +99,19 @@ sub ReadConfig {
 ### IN : $ConfFile: config filename
 ### OUT: reference to a hash containing the configuration
   my ($ConfFile) = @_;
-  return Config::Auto::parse($ConfFile, format => 'equal');
+  # mandatory configuration options
+  my @Mandatory = ('DBDriver','DBHost','DBUser','DBPw','DBDatabase',
+                   'DBTableRaw','DBTableGrps');
+  # read config via Config::Auto
+  my $ConfR = Config::Auto::parse($ConfFile, format => 'equal');
+  my %Conf  = %{$ConfR};
+  # check for mandatory options
+  foreach (@Mandatory) {
+    &Bleat(2,sprintf("Mandatory configuration option %s is not set!",$_))
+      if (!defined($Conf{$_}));
+  }
+  # $Conf{'TLH'} is checked in gatherstats.pl
+  return $ConfR;
 };
 ################################################################################
 
@@ -230,8 +243,9 @@ sub ReadGroupList {
   my %ValidGroups;
   open (my $LIST,"<$Filename") or &Bleat(2,"Cannot read $Filename: $!");
   while (<$LIST>) {
-    s/^(\S+).*$/$1/;
+    s/^\s*(\S+).*$/$1/;
     chomp;
+    next if /^$/;
     $ValidGroups{$_} = '1';
   };
   close $LIST;