Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site qubix.UUCP
Path: utzoo!linus!cca!decvax!decwrl!qubix!msc
From: msc@qubix.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.news.b
Subject: possible bug in readnews
Message-ID: <298@qubix.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 4-Jun-83 16:35:34 EDT
Article-I.D.: qubix.298
Posted: Sat Jun  4 16:35:34 1983
Date-Received: Mon, 6-Jun-83 20:49:04 EDT
Organization: Qubix Graphic Systems, Saratoga, CA
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	I have noticed a peculiar happening with 2.10 readnews.  I tried to
	go back and read an old item (read 10 minutes earlier) from
	newsgroup junk using the command

		readnews -n junk -x -a "last sunday"

	and it said "No news".  I tried the same thing with newsgroup
	test and got the same result.  The same command however worked with
	the newsgroups general and with net.general.

	The only similarities/differences between these groups is that
	the names test and junk are only 4 characters long and they have
	only 2 and 1 articles respectively in their directories whereas
	the other names are longer and there are at least 6 articles
	in their directories.

	I plan to ivestigate this further.  In the meantime if anyone else
	has noticed this, please let me know.

				Mark