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Re: ietf-nntp New wording on article numbers

"Clive D.W. Feather" <clive@demon.net> Sat, 28 December 1996 20:39 UTC

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Subject: Re: ietf-nntp New wording on article numbers
To: Jon Ribbens <jon@oaktree.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 1996 20:36:57 +0000 (GMT)
From: "Clive D.W. Feather" <clive@demon.net>
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Jon Ribbens said:
> I don't think that MIGHT should be in capitals.

I'll leave that for the final editor - I'm not sure which words should or
shouldn't be, so I'm erring on the side of caution.

> If there are articles
> 2, 3 and 4, then the highest article number is 4. Subsequently
> article 4 may be cancelled, and then the GROUP command must return
> 3 as the highest available article.

It looks like there is consensus on this. I'll change the wording of my
draft to allow the high water mark to decrease, but not the low water
mark.

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