diff --git b/mail2news.py a/mail2news.py
index e7cbcf9..412e4ee 100644
--- b/mail2news.py
+++ a/mail2news.py
@@ -24,80 +28,41 @@ import pyginfo
 
 class mail2news:
     """news to mail gateway class"""
-
     reader = None                # mode reader
-#    newsgroups = None            # Newsgroups: local.test,local.moderated...
-#    approved = None                # Approved: kame@aragorn.lorien.org
     newsserver = 'localhost'    # no comment :)
     port = 119
     user = None
     password = None
 
+# """phase 3:
+#     format rfc 822 headers from input article
+#     """
+#
+#     m2n.mergeheads()  # make unique dict from NNTP and SMTP dicts
+#
+#     m2n.addheads()  # add some important heads
+#     m2n.renameheads()  # rename useless heads
+#     m2n.removeheads()  # remove other heads
+#
+#     m2n.sortheads()  # sort remaining heads :)
+#
+#     if opt.verbose:
+#         for line in m2n.headers:
+#             print line[:-1]
 
@@ -142,14 +108,11 @@ class mail2news:
 
         self.heads_dict = {}
 
-        try:
-            for header in self.smtpheads.keys():  # fill it w/ smtp old heads
-                self.heads_dict[header] = self.smtpheads[header]
-
-            # and replace them w/ nntp new heads
-            for header in self.nntpheads.keys():
-                self.heads_dict[header] = self.nntpheads[header]
+        # FIXME something like a = set() ; a = self.message.items() ?
 
+        try:
+            for header in self.message.keys():  # fill it w/ smtp old heads
+                self.heads_dict[header] = self.message[header]
         except KeyError, message:
             print message
 
 
@@ -236,51 +166,32 @@ class mail2news:
     def removeheads(self, heads=None):
         """remove headers like Xref: Path: Lines:
         """
-
-        try:
         # removing some others useless headers .... (From is not From:)
 
         rmheads = ['Received:', 'From', 'NNTP-Posting-Host:',
                    'X-Trace:', 'X-Compliants-To:', 'NNTP-Posting-Date:']
-            if(heads):
+        if heads:
             rmheads.append(heads)
 
         for head in rmheads:
-                if head in self.heads_dict:
-                    del self.heads_dict[head]
-
-#            if 'From' in self.heads_dict: # neither 'From ' nor 'From:'
-#                del self.heads_dict['From']
-
-#            # neither 'From ' nor 'From:'
-#            if 'NNTP-Posting-Host:' in self.heads_dict:
-#                del self.heads_dict['']
-
-#            if 'Lines:' in self.heads_dict:
-#                del self.heads_dict['Lines:']
+            if head in self.message:
+                del self.message[head]
 
-            # it is usually set by INN, if ng is moderated...
-#            if 'Sender:' in self.heads_dict:
-#                del self.heads_dict['Sender:']
-
-            if 'Message-id:' in self.heads_dict:
+        # FIXME the following lines are buggy, because they don't expect
+        # the header 'Message-Id' being already present
+        if 'Message-id:' in self.message:
             self.heads_dict['Message-Id:'] = self.heads_dict['Message-id:']
             del(self.heads_dict['Message-id:'])
 
-            if 'Message-ID:' in self.heads_dict:
+        if 'Message-ID:' in self.message:
             self.heads_dict['Message-Id:'] = self.heads_dict['Message-ID:']
             del(self.heads_dict['Message-ID:'])
 
         # If message-id is not present, I generate it
-            if 'Message-Id:' not in self.heads_dict:
+        if 'Message-Id:' not in self.message:
             msgid = '<pyg.%d@tuchailepuppapera.org>\n' % (getpid())
             self.heads_dict['Message-Id:'] = msgid
 
-        except KeyError, message:
-            print message
-
-        return self.heads_dict
-
     def sendemail(self):
         """Talk to NNTP server and try to send email."""
         try: