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prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) writes:

> Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> writes:
> > All this assumes backends never re-use article numbers, of course.
>> I think we could introduce a uidvalidity-like concept in the cache
>> system fairly easily, if some backends wants to renumber articles.
>
> Or, if the backand interface overhaul ever happens, we could let
> backends identify articles by arbitrary opaque-to-Gnus Lisp forms.

Way to go!

I suggested this many moons ago, but Lars declined.

kai
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