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    From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Digital Man on Sun Jan 18 19:21:13 2026
    Re: Message Base Question
    By: Digital Man to Mortar on Sun Jan 18 2026 17:07:44

    Message pointers determine what message you'll see in a new-scan based on their *import* date/time, not the date/time they were supposedly written (which is the date/time shown in the message header to users). So, not weird really. Someone just dumped some old messages into a network, it happens a lot.

    Well, since the user can't see the import date (or can they?), makes more sense (IMO) to have the pointers use the date written date, which is more meaningful to the user.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Mortar on Sun Jan 18 22:11:28 2026
    Re: Good Pointers
    By: Mortar to Digital Man on Sun Jan 18 2026 07:21 pm


    Well, since the user can't see the import date (or can they?),
    makes more sense (IMO) to have the pointers use the date written
    date, which is more meaningful to the user.



    if you're having these kinds of problems you should really talk to
    the sysop of the bbs. you shouldn't be experiencing any severe msg lags
    like you mentioned.
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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to DIGITAL MAN on Mon Jan 19 10:16:37 2026
    Except that messages are imported or sorted by "written date".

    FWIW, sbbsecho seems to do a lot better job keeping messages in such an
    order where, when read in the order posted, a discussion can be followed vs. some other tossers/tosser-shims I have used in the past.

    I rarely notice ftn messages read in sequence seeming out of order here.
    Usenet groups are about the only place I might notice it, and I suspect
    that is something that happens before sbbsecho gets hold of the messages.


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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Digital Man on Tue Jan 20 12:28:51 2026
    Re: Good Pointers
    By: Digital Man to Mortar on Sun Jan 18 2026 19:19:50

    Except that messages are imported or sorted by "written date".

    If that were the case, then I shouldn't be seeing msgs. from 2020. This seems to be a contradiction to...

    Message pointers determine what message you'll see in a new-scan based
    on their *import* date/time, not the date/time they were supposedly
    written (which is the date/time shown in the message header to users).

    In any case how they're imported is irrelevent from a users' perspective. It's how it can be manipulated once there that's important.

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Mortar on Tue Jan 20 16:09:09 2026
    Re: Good Pointers
    By: Mortar to Digital Man on Tue Jan 20 2026 12:28 pm

    Re: Good Pointers
    By: Digital Man to Mortar on Sun Jan 18 2026 19:19:50

    Except that messages are imported or sorted by "written date".

    If that were the case, then I shouldn't be seeing msgs. from 2020. This seems to be a contradiction to...

    Right, that was a typo: I left out the word "not". It's a bad habit.
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