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Usenet...... a server gives a message to a group a number..... That number, is it assigned in strict order of which messages are received, or does it know, for instance, if a particular message might be the 5th in reply to a thread, and number it (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) From the last message, before this one, from you, in this group: References: <MPG.110daeeee02b784...ugnet.com> <F5rxLJ.51w@lugnet.com> <MPG.110dcbc75dc5785...ugnet.com> <36a3f1cd.6082449@lugnet.com> <36A3FB08.26097EEA@voyager.net> _that's_ how (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) At the top of each news-message is a header, which consists of a set of header lines. One of these lines is called Message-ID and specifies a unique identifier string for each message. For example, your message (which I am replying to) (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Article numbers in a newsgroup start at 1 and count upward monotonically without skipping any numbers. --Todd (25 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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On Thu, 21 Jan 1999 05:27:58 GMT, Todd Lehman uttered the following profundities... (...) So, (In response to this and your other post....) on RTL I am at about 90000. At present there are some threads to which the originating post does not yet (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message <36a7c847.38161206@l...et.com>... (...) already (...) Does this mean everyone has differnt numbers for each message? Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the rec.toys.lego FAQ! (URL) in Deja (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) It would be listed as somewhere between 90001 and 90201. 89999 would already be defined on your server if you had already seen something numbered 90000. The ISP that I get RTL from (visi.com) has the most recent message numbered at 129,000. (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) No, it means that everyone has the possibility to have different numbers for each message, if they're using different news servers. Theoretically, the numbers could still fortuitously line up perfectly. Here, on the other hand, where there is (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Selected view header, there isn't one here. Can't recollect having ever seen one! (Lugnet is where I have been first exposed to most headers! I never even knew of follow-up 'til being here! I used to look at them frequently for copy/paste of (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Xref: lugnet.com lugnet.off-topic.fun:713 lugnet.storage:212 Which is great! I know where to go, exactly, should I need to go back! (25 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Most people don't have one, but it transmits a 64*64 pixel by 16 colour greyscale pic of the senders face.. :) On that order of resolution, anyway. Jasper (25 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Also sprach Richard Dee: : That number, is it assigned in strict order of which messages : are received, or does it know, for instance, if a particular : message might be the 5th in reply to a thread, and number it : accordingly? (I.e. leaves 4 (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Just a quick thanks to all who responded. I was a bit concerned that I had been losing a large number of posts. I had recently swapped readers, as well, and was quite sure everything was setup correctly! It would seem that I had had a catch-up (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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