diff --git a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/daemon.go b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/daemon.go
index 69cd8c0..2a6b565 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/daemon.go
+++ b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/daemon.go
@@ -537,7 +537,9 @@ func (self *NNTPDaemon) ExpireAll() {
 
 func (self *NNTPDaemon) MarkSpam(msgid string) {
 	if ValidMessageID(msgid) {
-		self.modEngine.MarkSpam(msgid)
+		if self.mod != nil {
+			self.mod.MarkSpam(msgid)
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/mod.go b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/mod.go
index 19a387d..8223b05 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/mod.go
+++ b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/mod.go
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ func (self *modEngine) MarkSpam(msgid string) (err error) {
 	if self.spam == nil {
 		err = self.store.MarkSpam(msgid)
 	} else {
+		var f io.ReadCloser
 		f, err = self.store.OpenMessage(msgid)
 		if err == nil {
 			err = self.spam.MarkSpam(f)
diff --git a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/mod_http.go b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/mod_http.go
index 475cd5b..ea81baf 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/mod_http.go
+++ b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/mod_http.go
@@ -531,7 +531,8 @@ func (self httpModUI) HandlePostSpam(wr http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	resp := make(map[string]interface{})
 	self.asAuthed("spam", func(path string) {
 		var mm ModMessage
-		keys := string.Split(r.FormValue("spam"), ",")
+		var err error
+		keys := strings.Split(r.FormValue("spam"), ",")
 		for _, k := range keys {
 			k =  strings.TrimSpace(k)
 			go self.daemon.MarkSpam(k)
@@ -552,7 +553,7 @@ func (self httpModUI) HandlePostSpam(wr http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			}
 			resp["error"] = err
 		}
-	})
+	}, wr, r)
 	json.NewEncoder(wr).Encode(resp)
 }
 
diff --git a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/spam.go b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/spam.go
index 094a38e..70eab0f 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/spam.go
+++ b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/spam.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ type SpamResult struct {
 
 // feed spam subsystem a spam post
 func (sp *SpamFilter) MarkSpam(msg io.Reader) (err error) {
-	var buff [65636]byte
+	var buf [65636]byte
 
 	var u *user.User
 	u, err = user.Current()
@@ -50,9 +50,11 @@ func (sp *SpamFilter) MarkSpam(msg io.Reader) (err error) {
 	}
 	defer conn.Close()
 	fmt.Fprintf(conn, "TELL SPAMC/1.5\r\nUser: %s\r\nMessage-class: spam\r\nSet: local\r\n", u.Username)
-	io.CopyBuffer(conn, buf[:], msg)
+	io.CopyBuffer(conn, msg, buf[:])
 	conn.CloseWrite()
 	r := bufio.NewReader(conn)
+	io.Copy(Discard, r)
+	return
 }
 
 func (sp *SpamFilter) openConn() (*net.TCPConn, error) {
diff --git a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/store.go b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/store.go
index 1adbe7b..d421e6c 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/store.go
+++ b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/store.go
@@ -95,12 +95,6 @@ type ArticleStore interface {
 	// get filepath for spam file via msgid
 	SpamFile(msgid string) string
 
-	MarkHam(msgid string) error
-	UnmarkHam(msgid string) error
-	
-	// get filepath for ham
-	HamFile(msgid string) string
-	
 	// iterate over all spam messages
 	IterSpam(func(string) error) error