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Jan Vroonhof <vroonhof@math.ethz.ch> writes:

> Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> writes:
> 
> > I'm seriously considering moving to slrn.  Or tin.  Or PINE.  Or
> > anything that would stop the pain.
> 
> None of them would have helped. The problem remains the same.

Gnus could be more helpful.  Something like:

(when (< last-article-number-on-server last-read-article-number)
  (if (yes-or-no-p "Server numbers have been reset, start on a fresh? ")
      (gnus-group-clear-data)
    (error "Server reset")))

I believe rn did that.