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(...) Thank you, Jerry! <3 <3 <3 --Todd (4 weeks ago, 10-Jun-26, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) "odd" is a very fitting term I should say. I've done a compare with the oldest available live backup and found a total of _three_ articles missing, namely: ./lugnet/announce/brickset/3 ./lugnet/announce/37 ./lugnet/disney/125 These have now (...) (4 weeks ago, 10-Jun-26, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Wow, that's odd. Thanks for noticing and reporting. (...) Thanks again! I don't know if it's a clue that will be ultimately useful, but it's definitely intriguing. The post absolutely should not be missing, and its absence is indicative of a (...) (4 weeks ago, 10-Jun-26, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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Todd, thanks for the pointer - I have checked the directory and the last cancel request in there came in back in 2008 (!) so I think it can be ruled out that it happened via that route. I'm putting aside an archive of the last backup before the fix (...) (4 weeks ago, 9-Jun-26, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) One thing worth a quick check inside is the directory news/art/control If the articles were cancelled maliciously from the outside by forgery (somehow) of cancel-request messages from <news@lugnet.com>, this directory would contain a log of (...) (4 weeks ago, 9-Jun-26, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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