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. :-) -- + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Bill Sylvester, Miami University [log in to unmask] Never attribute to malice that which [log in to unmask] can be adequately explained by stupidity.