Re: hp laptop

In article <uf4Vj.15$xF6.5@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Farmer <address@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
>Tom wrote:
>> In article <tgp324t5pvdli3j6hpgh2ms6u8eoftg60r@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
wmorran@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> actually some people (assholes) do that on purpose so their posts stay
>>> at the top till that date, easy to find when reading newsgroups.  Of
>>> course bad ettiquette.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, 05 May 2008 20:03:50 GMT, "Gibson" <gibson08@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think he is to stupid to notice he is almost a month and a half
ahead of 
>>>> the actual REAL date.
>> 
>> Just wondering, which newsreaders are susceptible to this problem of
fake 
>> timestamps? I'm using News Xpress 2.01 (Feb 1997) and I've never had a
> problem 
>> with these fake timestamps messing up the listing. Google Groups
doesn't seem
> 
>> to be affected by this either. Which newsreader are you guys using?
>
>Most people have their news sorted by date posted. If you sort by date, 
>it will affect any reader.

I guess I'm just accustomed to clicking the "catch up" button after I'm
done 
reading. That way I don't see any of the old posts anymore, regardless of 
whether or not I read them or whether the date on them was real or fake.
Maybe 
Outlook Express doesn't have that button.