Re: Xref header: wrong article number

Martin Trautmann wrote:
> The problem is that the server returns Xref numbers which are completely 
> wrong. When slrn tries to call an ARTICLE by this number, the server 
> will return an "unavailable" answer.
> 
> On one hand, this is not slrn's fault. On the other hand slrn does 
> violate this rule above, when the Xref numbers is outside the group 
> range. For a proper behavior ARTICLE should not use the invalid article 
> number here, but should use e.g. the message id instead.

Are you sure that slrn should route around broken newsservers? Have you
reported that issue to nexgo.de?

Ralph

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