Someone is recycling old news.

[William Thomas Wolfe, 2847]

>From article <1588 at draken.nada.kth.se>, by d88-jwa at nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte):
> This has not happened in all newsgroups. Only comp.sys.mac that I
> can remember, though I read about 10 news groups. Anyone have any
> clues ? This has been quite distressing.

    I've seen it in soc.culture.nordic, comp.sw.components, and
    a few other groups.  The old articles seem to come in contiguous
    runs, sometimes as few as one, sometimes five or ten at a time.
    The length of the run seems to be proportional to the volume in
    the newsgroup.

    Bill Wolfe, wtwolfe at hubcap.clemson.edu