[NET-298] Article numbers should be treated as LONG instead of INT in NNTP

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 2.0, 2.2
• Fix Version/s: 3.0
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: jojo lalpin
• Created: 08/Nov/09 08:28
• Updated: 04/Jun/11 19:26
• Resolved: 10/Mar/11 02:14

Description

When getting list of newsgroups, articles number are beyond int limit :
here is server's reply about alt.binaries.boneless (one of the biggest of alt.binaries hierarchy) :

alt.binaries.boneless 2705422467 1662764743 y

As article number if often used, that's a lot of minor changes.

Issue Links

• duplicates: NET-276 NNTPClient has problems with group listings for large groups.