From: richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk   
      
   In article <10eb1e1$34i0o$2@dont-email.me>,   
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro   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.   
      
   It's possible to do either.  You can ask an NNTP server for the range   
   of article numbers available in a newsgroup, and keep track of the   
   last one read, or ask for a list of message IDs received since a give   
   time.   
      
   -- Richard   
      
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