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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/gnus/nntp.el')
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diff --git a/lisp/gnus/nntp.el b/lisp/gnus/nntp.el index 869213c9ae5..2623df58e4d 100644 --- a/lisp/gnus/nntp.el +++ b/lisp/gnus/nntp.el @@ -183,6 +183,14 @@ by one.") If the gap between two consecutive articles is bigger than this variable, split the XOVER request into two requests.") +(defvoo nntp-xref-number-is-evil nil + "*If non-nil, Gnus never trusts article numbers in the Xref header. +Some news servers, e.g., ones running Diablo, run multiple engines +having the same articles but article numbers are not kept synchronized +between them. If you connect to such a server, set this to a non-nil +value, and Gnus never uses article numbers (that appear in the Xref +header and vary by which engine is chosen) to refer to articles.") + (defvoo nntp-prepare-server-hook nil "*Hook run before a server is opened. If can be used to set up a server remotely, for instance. Say you @@ -1632,7 +1640,8 @@ password contained in '~/.nntp-authinfo'." (match-string 1 xref)) (t ""))) (cond - ((and (setq xref (mail-fetch-field "xref")) + ((and (not nntp-xref-number-is-evil) + (setq xref (mail-fetch-field "xref")) (string-match (if group (concat "\\(" (regexp-quote group) "\\):\\([0-9]+\\)") |