[NNTP] Article references

[Ken Murchison]

Clive D.W. Feather wrote:
> A recent thread in news.software.nntp asks whether the same article can
> have two different article numbers in the same newsgroup. The requirements
> on arrival times means there can't be any other valid number between them,
> but I don't see it actually outlawed by our text.
> 
> I propose modifying section 6 as follows:
> 
>    News reading clients have available a variety of mechanisms to
>    retrieve articles via NNTP.  The news articles are stored and indexed
>    using three types of keys.  One key is the message-id of an article.
>    Another key is composed of the newsgroup name and the article number
>    within that newsgroup.  That key MUST be unique to a particular
>    server (there will be only one article with that number within a
>    particular newsgroup), but is not required to be globally unique.
>    Additionally, because the same article can be cross-posted to
>    multiple newsgroups, there may be multiple keys that point to the
> -  same article on the same server.  The final key is the arrival
> +  same article on the same server; however, these keys MUST each refer
> +  to a different newsgroup.  The final key is the arrival
>    timestamp, giving the time that the article arrived at the server.
> 
> Any objections?

I'm fine with this.  Or should we say that only one article with a given 
message-id can appear in any newsgroup?

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