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     Re: Good Pointers   
     By: Mortar to Digital Man on Sun Jan 18 2026 07:21 pm   
      
    >   Re: Message Base Question   
    >   By: Digital Man to Mortar on Sun Jan 18 2026 17:07:44   
    >   
    >  > Message pointers determine what message you'll see in a new-scan based on   
    >  > their *import* date/time, not the date/time they were supposedly written   
    >  > (which is the date/time shown in the message header to users). So, not   
    >  > weird really. Someone just dumped some old messages into a network, it   
    >  > happens a lot.   
    >   
    > Well, since the user can't see the import date (or can they?), makes more   
    > sense (IMO) to have the pointers use the date written date, which is more   
    > meaningful to the user.   
      
   Except that messages are imported or sorted by "written date".   
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