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Subject: Re: vnews misfeatures/bugs
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Date: Sat, 3-Sep-83 10:09:52 EDT
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Posted: Sat Sep  3 10:09:52 1983
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readnews -x tries to do exactly that.  Since no record is kept
of the first article in each group (only the last), readnews does
a stat() call on articles 1 through the first one to find the
lowest one.  Slow...