In article <BBC35C1C.16A56%(E-Mail Removed)>,
Graham in Melton <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
:No, his post appears so far down the page due to its incorrect timestamp its
:not easily visible, so when scanning for people to help (as I do!), its out

f view and would normally get trashed when "Mark All as Read" clicked.
:Luckily I spotted one lost posting ....
:Just helping him to get noticed really !
Advanced newsreaders do not show messages that have already been read
[unless you ask to see them], and sort messages by thread. The threads
might be ordered by the time of the oldest message, but since only
"new" messages are shown, a message with the wrong date is only going
to be "lost" to people who aren't reading messages or marking
uninteresting ones as already read.
In short, it's probably only a problem to people using a WWW browser
as a newsreader. People who read a lot of Usenet usually use tools
that manage the flow of information better. (I used to follow newsgroups
with a combined total of about 3000 postings per day. I've cut down a lot,
to about 500 postings per day.)
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*We* are now the times. -- Wim Wenders (WoD)