Variable: nntp-xref-number-is-evil

nntp-xref-number-is-evil is a variable defined in nntp.el.gz.

Value

nil

Documentation

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.

This is a Gnus server variable. See Info node (gnus)Select Methods.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/gnus/nntp.el.gz
(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.")