celebrities on RAP?

"Bob Noel" wrote in message
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No news reader can show you posts that haven't arrived at your news
server.
But once they are all there, any competent newsreader can and will
display
them in the proper threaded order, primarily by using the References and
Date fields.

small change: But while the posts are still there, any competent....

Well, if you want to pick that nit...

It really should read "but while the posts are still on the server, or saved
on the user's computer, any competent..."

Personally, I think either correction is getting beyond the original point,
which is that the newsreader can and does maintain the correct order of the
posts, regardless of their actual arrival time.

Pete

("Paul Tomblin" wrote)
There was a guy on one newsgroup I read who consistently broke threading.
The X-Newsreader header indicated he used a newsreader that was capable of
preserving the References header, but when questioned it turns out he was
manually deleting that header (and a few others) because he didn't know
what it was for.


Like when I do this?

I manually clean up the quoted text section, blue stuff and all.


Montblack

Montblack,

Like when I do this?


Hmm. My newsreader is showing your message in perfect thread order.
What am I missing?

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

In a previous article, "Montblack" said:
("Paul Tomblin" wrote)
preserving the References header, but when questioned it turns out he was
manually deleting that header (and a few others) because he didn't know
what it was for.
Like when I do this?

When you do what? You haven't removed the References header.

I manually clean up the quoted text section, blue stuff and all.

I have no idea what "blue stuff" means because I don't use the same
newsreader as you. And I was talking about headers, not quoted text. I
strongly encourage cleaning up quoted text, but leaving enough for
context.


--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
....would you work for a company that couldn't tell the difference in
quality of its employees' normal work product and the work product of
someone on drugs without performing a test? -- socks

"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
...
In a previous article, "Montblack"
said:
("Paul Tomblin" wrote)
preserving the References header, but when questioned it turns out he
was
manually deleting that header (and a few others) because he didn't know
what it was for.
Like when I do this?

When you do what? You haven't removed the References header.

I manually clean up the quoted text section, blue stuff and all.


This is blue "blue stuff" I'm cleaning up. news:e3ii2u$ogg.......... etc.
That's not the reference header then. Ok.


Mont...red-faced

In a previous article, "Montblack" said:
"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
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I manually clean up the quoted text section, blue stuff and all.


This is blue "blue stuff" I'm cleaning up. news:e3ii2u$ogg.......... etc.
That's not the reference header then. Ok.

Oh that. That's just part of the quote attribution, not a header. Not
many newsreaders these days give you access to the news headers, and for
good reason. The guy who was deleting them had just enough knowledge to
be dangerous.


--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
"Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering ******; to the
last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I killfile thee; for hate's
sake I spit my last post at thee! All your base are belong to us!"

"C. Massey" wrote

But when you do a "show all messages", you have to wade through so many
unwanted threads and messages to see what you are looking for.

Much easier if people would just quote...

I have show all messages displayed, so I can go back and read more of a
quoted post, or see what was way befor. I don't wade through posts, because
I use the "next unread thread" button, added in the toolbar.

Different strokes, and all.....
--
Jim in NC