for (; $first <= $last; $first++) {
 print $c->article($first);
}

##</code><code>##

($first, $last) = ($newserver->group($newsgroup));
my @messages = ($first..$last);
foreach (@messages) {
  print $c->article($_);
}

##</code><code>##

($first, $last) = ($newserver->group($newsgroup));
my @messages = ($first..$last);
my $count = 0;
foreach (@messages) {
  if ($_ = undef || "") {
  splice(@testlist, $count, 1);
  }
$count++;
}

foreach (@messages) {
  print $c->article($_);
}