ietf-nntp Article concepts

[Clive D.W. Feather]

Matthias Andree said:
> NNTP isn't getting
> anywhere close to resolving multiple-message-id conflicts and allowing
> for articles without message-id and introducing the <0> special case
> adds asymmetries, because articles without message-id can then only
> be retrieved by their number in the respective group, but not by
> message-id,

Yes, but 977 allowed for that already.

> and they don't show in LISTGROUP replies.

Do you mean NEWNEWS? If not, why LISTGROUP?

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