Re: After a server reboot from scratch . . .

ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) writes:

When a newsserver gets wiped clean and built from the ground up,
like after the machine bites the dust, the articles in a newsgroup
might end up with new numbers slapped on them, from what I know.

If you don’t have a backup, then yes.

So if a client's been keeping tabs on what it's already peeped,
thinking "I've already eyeballed article number 1 from Group G",
that info's now totally out to lunch.
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The client oughta treat this reborn server like it's fresh off
the lot, even if it's rockin' the same web addy as before. But
I reckon the user's got to step in and work some magic themselves.
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Or is there already some kind of official playbook for this
scenario, where the server can give the newsreader a heads up
via the NNTP protocol that it's sportin' a whole new article
numbering in the newsgroups?

I don’t think so. If you change the server’s name then some (not all)
clients will see it as a new server (which it is). I think that’s about
the best you can do.

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