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From: Karl Kleinpaste <karl@jprc.com>
Subject: Re: Server resetting article number
Date: 21 Sep 1998 11:32:35 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <vxkemt5cwh8.fsf@pocari-sweat.jprc.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Hrvoje Niksic's message of "21 Sep 1998 17:27:42 +0200"

Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> writes:
> Can Gnus really suck all that much, once the server decides to reset
> the article numbers and begin from 1?  This happens when the server
> software is reinstalled, for instance.

Not when it's re-installed sensibly, no.  When server software is
installed, or re-installed, you're supposed to give the new software
an up-to-date active file.  There's no excuse for letting article
numbers on any given server host become reset.


  reply	other threads:[~1998-09-21 15:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1998-09-21 15:27 Hrvoje Niksic
1998-09-21 15:32 ` Karl Kleinpaste [this message]
1998-09-21 15:39   ` Hrvoje Niksic
1998-09-21 15:43     ` Karl Kleinpaste
1998-09-21 15:47       ` Hrvoje Niksic
1998-09-21 15:52         ` Karl Kleinpaste
1998-09-21 16:04           ` Hrvoje Niksic
1998-09-21 16:08             ` Karl Kleinpaste
1998-09-21 16:12               ` Hrvoje Niksic
1998-09-21 17:13                 ` William M. Perry
1998-09-21 16:06         ` Istvan Marko
1998-09-21 21:45     ` François Pinard

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