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. -- John B Harlan Campus Wide Information Systems (CWIS) Coordinator Miami University (Ohio USA) http://WWW.MUOhio.Edu/~HarlanJB/ (513) 529-5330 (513) 529-1496 fax [log in to unmask]