From: richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk   
      
   In article <10ebcm6$37t6l$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.   
      
   I wasn't suggesting that it made that easier.  Whichever way you   
   do it, the article has a date header.   
      
   -- Richard   
      
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