diff --git a/internal/news/nntpd/range_test.go b/internal/news/nntpd/range_test.go
index 7cd35bf..96b0ffe 100644
--- a/internal/news/nntpd/range_test.go
+++ b/internal/news/nntpd/range_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package nntpd
 
-import "testing"
+import (
+	"math"
+	"testing"
+)
 
 func TestParseRangeSingleArticle(t *testing.T) {
 	low, high := parseRange("5")
@@ -8,3 +11,38 @@ func TestParseRangeSingleArticle(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf(`parseRange("5") = %d, %d; want 5, 5`, low, high)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestParseRangeClosed(t *testing.T) {
+	low, high := parseRange("5-10")
+	if low != 5 || high != 10 {
+		t.Fatalf(`parseRange("5-10") = %d, %d; want 5, 10`, low, high)
+	}
+}
+
+// "low-" is a valid open-ended range meaning "from low to the highest
+// article" (RFC 3977). It must not be treated as a malformed empty range,
+// otherwise OVER/XOVER "n-" returns nothing instead of all articles >= n.
+func TestParseRangeOpenEnded(t *testing.T) {
+	low, high := parseRange("5-")
+	if low != 5 || high != math.MaxInt64 {
+		t.Fatalf(`parseRange("5-") = %d, %d; want 5, %d`, low, high, int64(math.MaxInt64))
+	}
+}
+
+// Empty spec means "all articles".
+func TestParseRangeEmptyIsAll(t *testing.T) {
+	low, high := parseRange("")
+	if low != 0 || high != math.MaxInt64 {
+		t.Fatalf(`parseRange("") = %d, %d; want 0, %d`, low, high, int64(math.MaxInt64))
+	}
+}
+
+// Malformed specs must yield an empty range (0,0), never "all articles".
+func TestParseRangeMalformed(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, spec := range []string{"abc", "5-abc", "abc-5", "1-2-3", "-", "-5"} {
+		low, high := parseRange(spec)
+		if low != 0 || high != 0 {
+			t.Fatalf(`parseRange(%q) = %d, %d; want 0, 0`, spec, low, high)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/news/nntpd/server.go b/internal/news/nntpd/server.go
index 8ac5a50..9ce47fb 100644
--- a/internal/news/nntpd/server.go
+++ b/internal/news/nntpd/server.go
@@ -177,10 +177,19 @@ func parseRange(spec string) (low, high int64) {
 		}
 		return h, h
 	}
+	if len(parts) != 2 {
+		return 0, 0 // malformed (e.g. "1-2-3") — empty range
+	}
 	l, err := strconv.ParseInt(parts[0], 10, 64)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, 0 // malformed — empty range
 	}
+	// Open-ended range "low-" means "from low to the highest article"
+	// (RFC 3977: a range is a single number, "number-", or
+	// "number-number"). An empty upper bound is unbounded, not malformed.
+	if parts[1] == "" {
+		return l, math.MaxInt64
+	}
 	h, err := strconv.ParseInt(parts[1], 10, 64)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, 0 // malformed — empty range