As I'm typing this, the last message in the Beta group is #1055, but looking at the Archives in message view, the last page says it's showing messages 1001-1007 of 1007. Having different numbers like that is confusing.
JohnF
Edit: I was looking with oldest message on top order. I switched back to the usual newest message on top, and it now says message 1-20 of 1008. And this is message #1056. I think I know what's happening. It's just confusing.