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Re: read/not read quirk on web interface?
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lugnet.admin.general
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Sun, 18 Oct 1998 21:21:31 GMT
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpien@ctp.com> writes:
> Todd Lehman writes:
> >
> > The group listing ignores cross-posting x-refs. So if something is
> > crossposted, it'll show up as two different articles in the web interface.
> >
> > But the thread view -is- smart enough to see cross-posting and only lists
> > the primary article in a set of cross-posted articles.
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> Pardon my news ignorance, but that means that the article only exists once,
> right? Do articles exist independently of groups, and just have tagging
> associated that puts them into a group at a particular number, or do they live
> in one group with links to all the other ones they are cross posted? If so,
> which one? First one mentioned? If so, what if some shadowing server doesn't
> carry that group? (not a problem here since there are no shadowing servers, and
> when there are I assume they will carry everything)
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> This is an idle curiousity question rather than a pressing need. Reading the
> appropriate RFC probably would get the answer but I'm lazy and I bet you know.
> (and I'd lay even odds you answer "RTF-RFC" ... :-) )
Articles actually exist in multiple groups and in actual multiple files on
the filesystem, but with filesystem hard-links linking them together so that
they don't take up extra space on the fileserver, except for a tiny inode.
The Xref header also links them together logically.
--Todd
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