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|    Alan Ianson to mark lewis    |
|    RE: test    |
|    24 Mar 21 21:04:11    |
      TZUTC: -0700       MSGID: 291.fido-wildcats@1:153/757.2 24c142de       REPLY: 932.fido-wildcats@1:3634/12 24c026b3       PID: Synchronet 3.18c-Linux master/9048b3d23 Mar 22 2021 GCC 10.2.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.14-Linux master/9048b3d23 Mar 22 2021 GCC 10.2.0       BBSID: TRMB       CHRS: ASCII 1       NOTE: SlyEdit 1.74 (2021-01-23) (ICE style)        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              ... Ask not for whom the bell tolls; let the machine get it.       --- SBBSecho 3.14-Linux        * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757.2)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 103/705 105/81 120/340 123/131 124/5016 153/105       SEEN-BY: 153/135 757 802 203/0 221/1 6 242 360 226/30 227/114 702       SEEN-BY: 229/424 426 550 664 700 1016 1017 230/150 240/5411 5824 5832       SEEN-BY: 240/5853 249/206 317 280/464 282/1038 292/8125 317/3 320/219       SEEN-BY: 322/757 335/364 342/17 200 396/45 423/81 633/280 3634/12       SEEN-BY: 4500/1       PATH: 153/757 221/6 1 280/464 240/5832 229/426           |
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