From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 3 Nov 2025 20:31:50 -0000 (UTC), Richard Tobin wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   But imagine keeping track of message IDs going back 10-20 years, and   
   then an article from 30 years ago pops up, and it doesn’t know *not*   
   to show it to you.   
      
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