Re: Weird infinite (?) loop when entering newsgroup

[Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>]

Kevin Greiner <kgreiner@xpediantsolutions.com> writes:

> The problem is that your server sent some garbage that is now
> confusing the agent.  One, or more, of your article numbers is
> currently so large that it overflows the emacs integer variable.
>
> Your fix is to edit the .overview file for the group having the
> problem.  The first number on each line is the article number.  Look
> for lines whose article numbers are not consistent with the rest of
> the file.  Most times when this problem has been reported, the article
> number has been duplicated (that is, you have 123456123456 when the
> correct number was 123456).  Just delete the problem lines then save
> the file.  You should now be able to enter the group and, when you do,
> the agent will re-fetch the headers that you just deleted.

OK, I tried that using a regexp replace, and after removing all the
1234512345 style lines, I was able to enter the group successfully,
but only once.  The next time I tried to re-enter the group after
that, the problem returned.

In any case, thanks for the help.
-- 
Rob Browning
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