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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   
      
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