Desk Rabbit was thinking very hard :
Ivor Jones wrote:
In news Andy Burns typed, for some strange,
unexplained reason:
: On 23/07/2008 08:54, Test wrote:
:
: Test. Please ignore.
:
: Use a proper test group!

Sigh.. this one's been done before. There are valid reasons for posting
test messages to normal groups. Test groups don't always test what needs
testing.

Go on, I'll bite, why would a test message to a test group not be sufficient
to test that you can read & post?

....and why can't a test message be disguised as a vaguely on-topic
post..?