From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 3 Nov 2025 16:50:08 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:   
      
   > Can you set your newsreader to mark articles before a date as read?   
      
   Newsreaders keep track of read/unread articles by index number rather than   
   message ID, I believe. But the index number is server-dependent. If the   
   server offers up a new-old article with a number higher than your last-   
   read number for that group, then the newsreader has no way of knowing if   
   you’ve seen it before.   
      
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