From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/7106 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: Newsgroup with large article numbers Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 00:49:00 -0400 Organization: Bell Sympatico Message-ID: <87hd4sren2.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.gnus@gnu.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1145252462 3320 80.91.229.2 (17 Apr 2006 05:41:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 05:41:02 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 17 07:40:59 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FVMTk-0007Xi-6r for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Apr 2006 07:40:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FVMTj-0005vy-PH for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Apr 2006 01:40:51 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news3.google.com!news.glorb.com!newsfeed-east.nntpserver.com!nntpserver.com!statler.nntpserver.com!atl-c06.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!nf3.bellglobal.com!nf1.bellglobal.com!nf2.bellglobal.com!news20.bellglobal.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ZGhJr8hn44hCtBWcvTG3AnC1ApU= Original-Lines: 12 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 70.53.192.213 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@sympatico.ca Original-X-Trace: news20.bellglobal.com 1145249340 70.53.192.213 (Mon, 17 Apr 2006 00:49:00 EDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 00:49:00 EDT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:77288 Original-To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:7106 Archived-At: >> Gnus doesn't seem to like article numbers greater than hex 7ffffff >> (134,217,727 decimal). This is 4 bits sooner than I would expect it to >> break, but I see references to emacs using 28-bit integers so it must be >> using the last few bits for something else. I wouldn't normally use gnus >> for newsgroups with this many messages, but when I did try it, gnus thought >> there were no new messages. Is there a workaround? > Nope. Of course there is: use a 64bit system. Stefan