(string-match nnheader-numerical-short-files file)
(string-to-int (match-string 0 file))))
-(defvar nnheader-directory-files-is-safe nil
+(defvar nnheader-directory-files-is-safe
+ (or (eq system-type 'windows-nt)
+ (and (not (featurep 'xemacs))
+ (> emacs-major-version 20)))
"If non-nil, Gnus believes `directory-files' is safe.
It has been reported numerous times that `directory-files' fails with
an alarming frequency on NFS mounted file systems. If it is nil,