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Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@ccs.neu.edu> writes:

> LMI> But the number of threads in a typical group usually is seldom over
> LMI> 100, which means that the time saved might be lost in the extra
> LMI> overhead... but probably not.
> 
> I dunnow about that. I read a bunch of newsgroups that average 150-200
> or more messages per day, not to mention my list owner mail groups that
> can receive a huge pile of bounce messages on one of the high-traffic
> lists I maintain (100 messages per day times three bad addresses equals
> a boatload of bounces).

Yes, but if there are 150-200 articles, there aren't more than 75
threads.  (Sorting is only done on roots.)

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