: (For what it's worth, there's no post 2552 - you get an infinite-redirect
: error.)

Yeah, so the hacked-together code I wrote to allow the current-forum-format to work back to the beginning of the forum has an error loop that says if the file's not found, drop it into folder X, where X is defined by an upper and lower bound. It works for all files... that actually exist.

If I had any time (needed because I've basically forgotten all my perl), I'd add an extra bit that said "if you're in the right range, and it's STILL not found, give up." (Or go somewhere that SAYS it no longer exists. or something.)

But I don't. Sorry. So yeah, for the few thousand deleted posts in the past 15 years, you'll get an infinite loop if you try to follow a link. Luckily, most browsers figure that out pretty quickly. :)