diff -r 961a8a3acb9a -r bb6990c0dd1a org/sonews/daemon/command/ListCommand.java
--- a/org/sonews/daemon/command/ListCommand.java	Mon Aug 17 11:00:51 2009 +0200
+++ b/org/sonews/daemon/command/ListCommand.java	Thu Aug 20 14:31:19 2009 +0200
@@ -57,15 +57,15 @@
   {
     final String[] command = line.split(" ");
     
-    if (command.length >= 2)
+    if(command.length >= 2)
     {
-      if (command[1].equalsIgnoreCase("OVERVIEW.FMT"))
+      if(command[1].equalsIgnoreCase("OVERVIEW.FMT"))
       {
         conn.println("215 information follows");
         conn.println("Subject:\nFrom:\nDate:\nMessage-ID:\nReferences:\nBytes:\nLines:\nXref");
         conn.println(".");
       }
-      else if (command[1].equalsIgnoreCase("NEWSGROUPS"))
+      else if(command[1].equalsIgnoreCase("NEWSGROUPS"))
       {
         conn.println("215 information follows");
         final List<Channel> list = Channel.getAll();
@@ -75,12 +75,12 @@
         }
         conn.println(".");
       }
-      else if (command[1].equalsIgnoreCase("SUBSCRIPTIONS"))
+      else if(command[1].equalsIgnoreCase("SUBSCRIPTIONS"))
       {
         conn.println("215 information follows");
         conn.println(".");
       }
-      else if (command[1].equalsIgnoreCase("EXTENSIONS"))
+      else if(command[1].equalsIgnoreCase("EXTENSIONS"))
       {
         conn.println("202 Supported NNTP extensions.");
         conn.println("LISTGROUP");
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@
         conn.println("XPAT");
         conn.println(".");
       }
+      else if(command[1].equalsIgnoreCase("ACTIVE"))
+      {
+        // TODO: Implement wildcards for LIST ACTIVE
+        printGroupInfo(conn);
+      }
       else
       {
         conn.println("500 unknown argument to LIST command");
@@ -95,26 +100,31 @@
     }
     else
     {
-      final List<Channel> groups = Channel.getAll();
-      if(groups != null)
+      printGroupInfo(conn);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void printGroupInfo(NNTPConnection conn)
+    throws IOException, StorageBackendException
+  {
+    final List<Channel> groups = Channel.getAll();
+    if (groups != null)
+    {
+      conn.println("215 list of newsgroups follows");
+      for (Channel g : groups)
       {
-        conn.println("215 list of newsgroups follows");
-        for (Channel g : groups)
+        if (!g.isDeleted())
         {
-          if(!g.isDeleted())
-          {
-            String writeable = g.isWriteable() ? " y" : " n";
-            // Indeed first the higher article number then the lower
-            conn.println(g.getName() + " " + g.getLastArticleNumber() + " "
-                + g.getFirstArticleNumber() + writeable);
-          }
+          String writeable = g.isWriteable() ? " y" : " n";
+          // Indeed first the higher article number then the lower
+          conn.println(g.getName() + " " + g.getLastArticleNumber() + " " + g.getFirstArticleNumber() + writeable);
         }
-        conn.println(".");
       }
-      else
-      {
-        conn.println("500 server database malfunction");
-      }
+      conn.println(".");
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      conn.println("500 server database malfunction");
     }
   }