can't find previous posts

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babs

I use to go to the search of each category where I had posted something and
added my discussion group "NAME" babs in the search and all of my previous
posts would come up. REcently I am having problems finding my old posts???
I go to the category or the general Microsoft.public.access and search babs
and only a few come up - I posted one a few days ago and many others that
don't come up in the search.

Also I know I was on another Access Microsoft discussion group in the past
and the word Public did not show up on the left sidebar- not real clear if it
was the same or dif.

thanks for your help,
Barb
 
J

John W. Vinson

I use to go to the search of each category where I had posted something and
added my discussion group "NAME" babs in the search and all of my previous
posts would come up. REcently I am having problems finding my old posts???
I go to the category or the general Microsoft.public.access and search babs
and only a few come up - I posted one a few days ago and many others that
don't come up in the search.

Also I know I was on another Access Microsoft discussion group in the past
and the word Public did not show up on the left sidebar- not real clear if it
was the same or dif.

thanks for your help,
Barb

Microsoft's webpage interface to the newsgroups is flaky and unreliable at
best. There are many interfaces to the newsgroups - the webpage is NOT the
forum, it's just a poor newsreader for it.

You can use http://groups.google.com in Advanced Search mode to search
microsoft.public.access (or any of the other groups).
 
B

babs

Hi JOhn,

I am not really trying to find the newsgroups but trying to find All of MY
postings on this newsgroup - I used to search for: babs and they would ALL
come up for some reason lately none of the 2010 ones - there is at least one
or two do not show up.

I don't remember the exact date I posted them or what exactly was in the
subject. What am i missing???
thanks,
Barb
 
J

John W. Vinson

I am not really trying to find the newsgroups but trying to find All of MY
postings on this newsgroup - I used to search for: babs and they would ALL
come up for some reason lately none of the 2010 ones - there is at least one
or two do not show up.

How are you searching? The Microsoft webpage search has been broken for years.
Google Groups and the webpage *both connect to the same messages* - Google
Groups does so more reliably, though it also has its problems.
I don't remember the exact date I posted them or what exactly was in the
subject. What am i missing???

Since I don't know what you're doing... I can't say what you're doing wrong.
But: searching Google Groups advanced search for author
(e-mail address removed) in group microsoft.public.access finds 97
hits:


http://groups.google.com/groups/[email protected]&safe=off
 
D

De Jager

babs said:
I use to go to the search of each category where I had posted something and
added my discussion group "NAME" babs in the search and all of my previous
posts would come up. REcently I am having problems finding my old
posts???
I go to the category or the general Microsoft.public.access and search
babs
and only a few come up - I posted one a few days ago and many others that
don't come up in the search.

Also I know I was on another Access Microsoft discussion group in the past
and the word Public did not show up on the left sidebar- not real clear if
it
was the same or dif.

thanks for your help,
Barb
 

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