Subj : Good Pointers
To   : Digital Man
From : Mortar
Date : Sun Jan 18 2026 07:21 pm

  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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