diff --git a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/frontend_http.go b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/frontend_http.go
index dcd3ca9..852a89a 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/frontend_http.go
+++ b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/frontend_http.go
@@ -680,6 +680,13 @@ func (self *httpFrontend) handle_postRequest(pr *postRequest, b bannedFunc, e er
 		e(err)
 		return
 	}
+
+	if !hasAtLeastNWords(m, 3) {
+		err = errors.New("your message is too short")
+		e(err)
+		return
+	}
+
 	nntp := new(nntpArticle)
 	defer nntp.Reset()
 	var banned bool
diff --git a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/util.go b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/util.go
index dc7f286..e7cf61a 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/util.go
+++ b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/util.go
@@ -800,3 +800,9 @@ func storeMessage(daemon *NNTPDaemon, hdr textproto.MIMEHeader, body io.Reader)
 	}
 	return
 }
+
+
+func hasAtLeastNWords(str string, n int) bool {
+	parts := strings.Split(str, " ")
+	return len(parts) > n
+}
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