[John Williamson]

On 24/01/2018 13:28, wrote:

I am sick and tired every time some slack-jaw comes along
and interjects "this is an old thread", or, "that post is 10-20-however
many years- old".

In the vast majority of cases, these new posts about items that have
long ago disappeared from most usenet servers come via Google Groups,
and are offering information to someone who stopped posting on usenet
many years ago, with the poster obviously not realising they are
responding to a message that is years old. Letting the poster know that
the problem has either been solved long ago or no longer exists is a
service to the community.

Occasionally, they ask a question that gets answered in due course.


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Tciao for Now!

John.