In article , Glen Able
writes

I would expect that people who come to the group for the first time using OE
(+ maybe other newsreaders) will see the most recent messages, sorted by
date. And that the 'abc for newcomers...' will be a practically invisible
thread hidden amongst several-week-old messages and orphaned replies to spam
that they're unlikely to peruse. This was the case for me, anyway.


So - what would have attracted you to read it?
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"