[NNTP] Article references

[Clive D.W. Feather]

Russ Allbery said:
>> Article <abc at xyz> arrives. The server makes it article 123 in alt.test.
>> What stops the server *also* making it 124 in alt.test?
> 
> I hadn't thought about that angle.  (Although we're getting into outlawing
> insane behavior that no one is likely to do in practice, which can be a
> bit of a waste of time.)

Um, this was triggered by a thread in news.software.nntp about a server
that *was* doing this! Subject "duplicate articles".

>> The purpose of the proposed wording change is to fix this. Clearly it
>> isn't clear.
> The new wording works great for me; it even solves another problem as
> well.  :)

Oh? What problem. [And do you mean the old new wording or the new new
wording?]

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