In article <1995Jul5.090206@miavx1>, [log in to unmask] (John B Harlan)
writes:
>
> In article <1995Jul4.161724@miavx1>, [log in to unmask] writes:
>> I've noticed that the postings in newsgroups are mixed up in terms of their
>> dates.  I find it very awkward to read replies before the original postings.
>> Is there anything that can be done about this?
>
> As explained in a previous posting, the batch program we used to transfer
> articles from the old newsgroups to the new newsgroups had a little bug we
> didn't discover until it was too late:  it sorted the newsgroup articles on
> the article number rather than on the date :-(  This made for the non-
> chronological ordering of the articles.
>
 
Does this mean that you are still transfering?  New articles are posted
everyday out of order (that includes today, July 5).