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Per Bothner <per@bothner.com> writes:

  > Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE writes:
  > > You can make them have consecutive numbers by moving all messages from
  > > a group to the same group.
  > 
  > You can (reliably) move messages *within* a group?  I guess I should
  > read up on that.

Yes, you can.  And you can rename a group twice: from foo to foo1,
from foo1 back to foo.  After this, you'll have article numbers
starting from 1.

I still don't see why you would want this, but the possibility is
there.

kai
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