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   Daniel70 to Richard Owlett   
   Re: Feasibility - search/sort email/USEN   
   06 Oct 25 19:13:41   
   
   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   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!!   
   --   
   Daniel70   
      
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