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From: billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu (William Thomas Wolfe, 2847 )
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Subject: Re: Someone is recycling old news.
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Date: 10 Sep 89 17:12:05 GMT
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From article <1588@draken.nada.kth.se>, by d88-jwa@nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte):
> This has not happened in all newsgroups. Only comp.sys.mac that I
> can remember, though I read about 10 news groups. Anyone have any
> clues ? This has been quite distressing.

    I've seen it in soc.culture.nordic, comp.sw.components, and
    a few other groups.  The old articles seem to come in contiguous
    runs, sometimes as few as one, sometimes five or ten at a time.
    The length of the run seems to be proportional to the volume in
    the newsgroup.

    Bill Wolfe, wtwolfe@hubcap.clemson.edu