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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Subject: Re: groups with numeric names
Date: 08 Sep 1997 21:11:59 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2202zvcw0.fsf@proletcult.slip.ifi.uio.no> (raw)
In-Reply-To: jdc@math.jhu.edu's message of Mon, 08 Sep 1997 14:38:19 -0400

jdc@math.jhu.edu (Dan Christensen) writes:

> > Groups with all-numerical names are poison.  
> 
> Why?

Gnus assumes that files with numerical names are articles, not
groups. 

> Should this be mentioned in the manual?

I thought it was mentioned, but I can't find it at the moment...

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(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen


  reply	other threads:[~1997-09-08 19:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1997-08-29  5:04 Dan Christensen
1997-09-08 11:07 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1997-09-08 18:38   ` Dan Christensen
1997-09-08 19:11     ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
1997-09-08 19:42     ` Øyvind Møll
1997-09-08 20:45       ` Hrvoje Niksic
1997-09-08 22:46         ` Øyvind Møll
1997-09-09 12:56         ` Russ Allbery
1997-09-09 13:37           ` Lars Balker Rasmussen
1997-09-09 14:59             ` Russ Allbery

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