I've been on the SQL Server Central mailing list for some time (5 or 6 years?) and I've always been confused why recycled topics like this one get sent out as if they're brand new articles. I noticed dataman777 posted a reply thinking this was new and I've done it too...heck, I was going to do it on this one until I read the first post and it coincidentally mentioned the dates. Perhaps something can be done to warn the user that this is an old article? It's a great article and I'm actually glad I don't have to wait to read the other steps (I apparently missed it the first time around), but I can't help but think we can be warned first. Obviously, it's easy to read the dates and see it's outdated but that doesn't stop new (and sometimes older) users from posting to it like it's brand new.

I know this is off-topic for the original article, but since it's being recycled in the email list I feel this is a fair question now...