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kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai Großjohann) writes:

> Hm.  I wonder if it could be easier to implement a backend that stores
> messages by their message id and that maintains a mapping between
> numbers and ids.  Then the agent could be changed to use that backend.
> Then articles could be moved while offline.  No, it doesn't really
> sound easier.  Maybe it is better to stick with the old article
> number approach.

Would this mean, I can read news at different places from different
servers and Gnus still knows which have been read, answered etc as long
as I copy newsrc.eld and newsrc?

If yes, this would be extremely cool.

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