On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 11:10:26AM -0400, Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote: > In the past, Glenn, you've similarly objected to me replying to a > message more than a few days old. I felt that those messages > contributed to the conversation, and I think Nathaniel's contribute to > the conversation -- certainly, I've read them and replied to those > which I thought needed it.
The issue isn't simply replying to old messages; it's that the list received a burst of 27 (!) messages in a row (many of which were to old messages). I don't know if it was actually a spooling problem or just sudden and extreme excess posting (but judging by header dates, I suspect the latter). -- Glenn Maynard