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|    Richard Owlett to All    |
|    Re: Feasibility - search/sort email/USEN    |
|    06 Oct 25 07:59:32    |
      From: rowlett@access.net              On 10/6/25 3:13 AM, Daniel70 wrote:       > On 6/10/2025 7:38 am, Richard Owlett wrote:       >> On 10/5/25 9:08 AM, Nuno Silva wrote:       >>> On 2025-10-05, Richard Owlett wrote:       >>>> On 10/5/25 3:33 AM, Daniel70 wrote:       >>>>> On 4/10/2025 11:16 pm, Richard Owlett wrote:       >>>>>> As USENET and mailing lists are worldwide in scope I can see posts       >>>>>> on some subjects or authors might tend to be made at a       >>>>>> characteristic time of day.       >>>>>>       >>>>>> Is such a search/sort feasible?       >>>>>> Does it perhaps already exist as an external program?       >>>>>>       >>>>>> TIA       >>>>>> [Progress is result of dreams ;]       >>>>>>       >>>>> Richard, you are aware that you can change the order of the posts       >>>>> that you see, aren't you??       >>>>       >>>> YES ;} *ROFL* [ That was a Richter 10 chuckle ;]       >>>>       >>>>>       >>>>> Do the options under "View" -- "Sort By" meet your requirement??       >>>>       >>>> No.       >>>> What I want is to sort by "time of day" not "calendar date".       >>>       >>> As in just time, ignoring the date?       >>>       >> Exactly ;)       >>       > Really?? So you want to see a message posted at 7:11p.m. on the 6/10/25       > BEFORE you see a message posted at 9:15p.m. on the 04/09/23.       >       > That seems weird!!              Not for me. I would agree to "atypical". That's why I asked about       "feasibility" rather than approaching as a "wish-list bug".              My search will cover at least:        a decade        three email accounts        four mailing lists        three USENET groups              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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