Subj : RE: test
To   : mark lewis
From : Alan Ianson
Date : Wed Mar 24 2021 21:04:11

  Re: RE: test
  By: mark lewis to Alan Ianson on Wed Mar 24 2021 03:41 am

 AI>> News servers often hide messages you've read. Maybe you'll see
 AI>> this new one?

 ML> it isn't the server... it is the client... remember that news clients
 ML> handle the lastread pointers and whether the user can see already read
 ML> posts or not... quite the opposite of BBS access via dumb terminals...

Yes, it is the client. That seems to be the way most news clients work although I haven't used a news server/client recently.

It terrible hard to navigate all those threads. I much prefer my dumb terminal!

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

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