Re my previous post, I've noticed a most curious thing. The full header of a very old article is as follows:
From: "Malcolm S. Muir" <Malc...@demon.net> Newsgroups: demon.announce Subject: Demon Webmail Service Followup-To: demon.service Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 16:52:24 +0000 Organization: Demon Internet Ltd. Lines: 30 Approved: malc...@demon.net Message-ID: <bHhlsVAI15ZDFwMb@demon.net> Reply-To: helpd...@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Host: muir-et4.staff.demon.net Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1130864488 12686 194.159.240.5 (1 Nov 2005 17:01:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 17:01:28 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Turnpike Integrated Version 5.01 U <bS3grvfX$o+p8Jofc680ZqzcmN> Path: textbe01-phx!hwmnpeer02.phx!hw-filter.phx!hwmnpeer01.phx!hwmedia!newsfeed 1.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!newspeer1.nwr.nac.net!solnet.ch!soln et.ch!zen.net.uk!dedekind.zen.co.uk!news.amigo.co.uk!peer.news.zetnet.net !194.159.246.34.MISMATCH!peer-uk.news.demon.net!kibo.news.demon.net!mutlu .news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!demon.net!Malcolm Xref: Hurricane-Charley demon.announce:27 X-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 10:05:20 MST (textbe01-phx)
Two points of interest. First, the "X-Received-Date" is about the same as the posting date (give or take timezone differences, although I've no idea why MST in the former) which is over three years ago! Secondly, the "X-Newsreader" is TP version 5.01 which I haven't used for a very long time (and it's a Universal licence which I've not had!).
From time to time (at least every week), I use the "rebuild database" feature so any old messages should have disappeared completely anyway.
Any explanations gratefully received
Adrian
-- (Dr) Adrian V Stokes OBE email: Adrian.Sto...@cat-ltd.demon.co.uk skype: avstokes