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Kurt Swanson <ksw@dna.lth.se> writes:

> The example does not illustrate the need.  Consider the following:
> 
> The user has already read 1-5000

Making the numbers bigger does not alter the principle.

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(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen