The high article number for alt.binaries.boneless, the
largest group on Usenet, has surpassed 4294967296 (232). This is significant because the
highest article numbers are now 64-bit numbers and some older versions of NNTP clients are
unable to handle numbers of this size. For example, older versions of Forte Agent, Xnews,
and NewsBin Pro are known to be affected, and we believe many others are as well.
If you receive reports of problems with alt.binaries.boneless, the first thing we
recommend is that you update your client to a more recent version or contact the client
vendor to request support for 64-bit numbers.
If you have any questions about this announcement, please do not hesitate to contact us
via the usenet support center.
