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Karl Kleinpaste <karl@jprc.com> writes:

> Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> writes:
> > Can Gnus really suck all that much, once the server decides to reset
> > the article numbers and begin from 1?  This happens when the server
> > software is reinstalled, for instance.
> 
> Not when it's re-installed sensibly, no.  When server software is
> installed, or re-installed, you're supposed to give the new software
> an up-to-date active file.  There's no excuse for letting article
> numbers on any given server host become reset.

Even if this is true, this happens in practice.  It happened to Steve, 
and now it happened to me.  What am I supposed to do, other than cry
at the cruel world?  I think Gnus should offer some protection in that 
case other than silently bugging out and destroying data.

Like Steve, I know I'll ***NEVER*** use persistent articles again.

-- 
Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> | Student at FER Zagreb, Croatia
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