From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/6789 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bob Babcock Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Newsgroup with large article numbers Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 03:27:04 GMT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1141191132 22553 80.91.229.2 (1 Mar 2006 05:32:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 05:32:12 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 01 06:31:52 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 1FEJwD-00066Z-BJ for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Mar 2006 06:31:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FEJwC-0007qu-9P for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:31:48 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!207.69.154.102.MISMATCH!elnk-atl-nf2!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net.POSTED!2dc14c71!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus User-Agent: Xnews/2005.10.18 Original-Lines: 10 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.101.123.218 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net Original-X-Trace: newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net 1141010824 67.101.123.218 (Sun, 26 Feb 2006 19:27:04 PST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 19:27:04 PST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:76977 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:6789 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? I see this behavior with: gnus 5.9.0, emacs 21.3.1, Win/2K gnus 5.8.8, emacs 20.7.1, RedHat Linux 7.1 (x86)