--- diablo-5-CUR-20090530-00/dreaderd/reader.c.ORIG	2012-02-16 19:51:33.000000000 +0100
+++ diablo-5-CUR-20090530-00/dreaderd/reader.c	2012-02-16 19:50:58.000000000 +0100
@@ -553,6 +553,14 @@
     if (dres)
 	conn->co_Auth = *dres;
 
+    /*
+     * Default support for large article numbers (>2147483647)
+     * This doesn't conform to RFC3977 paragraph 6, which says
+     * "Article numbers MUST lie between 1 and 2,147,483,647, inclusive."
+     * but most clients support it anyway.
+     */
+    conn->co_Numbering = CON_RFC977;
+
     conn->co_Desc = desc;
     conn->co_MemPool = pool;
     gettimeofday(&conn->co_RateTv, NULL);