From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/28426 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Laura Conrad Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: What is "sort by date" supposed to do? Date: 23 Dec 1999 07:15:38 -0500 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035165276 29814 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 01:54:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 01:54:36 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: from spinoza.math.uh.edu (spinoza.math.uh.edu [129.7.128.18]) by mailhost.sclp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EAA9D051F for ; Thu, 23 Dec 1999 07:26:05 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu (lists@Sina.HPC.UH.EDU [129.7.3.5]) by spinoza.math.uh.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id GAB19825; Thu, 23 Dec 1999 06:22:26 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Thu, 23 Dec 1999 06:21:51 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from mailhost.sclp.com (postfix@sclp3.sclp.com [204.252.123.139]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id GAA04415 for ; Thu, 23 Dec 1999 06:21:41 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from serpent.local (world-f.std.com [199.172.62.5]) by mailhost.sclp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE071D051F for ; Thu, 23 Dec 1999 07:19:59 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: by serpent.local (Postfix, from userid 500) id 2F3B12CF0D; Thu, 23 Dec 1999 07:15:40 -0500 (EST) Original-To: ding@gnus.org X-Face: #0j-Ll[fajrfupWYMv&wa\m7!Sh=&3;JE-_&M-L,ULz(aE8iu%m1SHa5wG.V{3B:Fdnd/T# O -}0pPGYw%t1z`o&T_c=)p8l[}7R\={[@B*Jyj*.L4 hnJ*AXb Original-Lines: 34 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0802 (Gnus v5.8.2) XEmacs/21.1 (Arches) Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:28426 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:28426 It doesn't seem to sort the older messages before the newer ones. This morning in rec.music.early, I have: R [ 22: Andrys D Basten ] Re: Bartoli's Vivaldi/Perlman-Argerich CD R [ 23: tlsterry@tpgi.com.au] Re: Bartoli's Vivaldi where the first of these is: From: andrys@netcom.com (Andrys D Basten) Subject: Re: Bartoli's Vivaldi/Perlman-Argerich CD Newsgroups: rec.music.opera,rec.music.classical.recordings,rec.music.early Date: 21 Dec 1999 01:26:36 GMT Organization: Netcom and the second is: From: tlsterry@tpgi.com.au Subject: Re: Bartoli's Vivaldi Newsgroups: rec.music.opera,rec.music.classical.recordings,rec.music.early Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 17:54:25 +1100 Organization: Newsfeeds.com http://www.newsfeeds.com 73,000+UNCENSORED Newsgroups. I was hoping that what the xemacs misc=>sort=>Sort by Date (^C^S^D) menu item would do is sort articles entirely by date, ignoring any threading. Obviously, this isn't what's happening. Is this a bug or a feature, and if the latter, is there a way to get the feature I want? This is xemacs 21.1, gnus 5.8.2. -- Laura (mailto:lconrad@world.std.com , http://www.world.std.com/~lconrad/ ) (617) 661-8097 fax: (801) 365-6574 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139