In article <1994May20.073557.25628@miavx1>, [log in to unmask]
(Kent Covert) writes:
> In article <1994May19.112950.1@miavx2>, [log in to unmask]
(Lord High Fixer) writes:
>> Here's something odd I've been noticing lately.
>>
>> When I startup NEWS via an NNTP feed, I'm getting really
>> strange numbers for the number of messages in a newsgroup.
>>
>
> It appears that NNTP takes the last message number and subtracts the first
> message number and uses that for the number of messages.  The problem with
> this algorithm is that there are usually lots of expired messages between
> the first and last message.  For example, the numbering in the JUNK
> newsgroup begins something like this...
 
Oh, so it's not a bug it's a feature. :-)
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