tracking down old usenet posts

[john b hamilton]

over the years, what with changing internet provider several times, i lose
track of usenet posts that have been posted in the past.

is it possible to find these doing a search with regard to the actual
computer that has been used. i.e. using some identity unique to that
computer?

 

[R. McCarty]

Not with a computer identity. Posts are generally archived and
searched by the posting address. You can use Google Groups
to locate your posts.
*The Advanced search options allows you to refine your search
to specific data such as Author, Subject...

 

[Ron Badour]

http://groups.google.com/grphp?hl=en&tab=wg

Use the posting name and/or subject as the search criteria. Use advanced
search for such things as narrowing the timeframe of the info you are
looking for.

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Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP
Windows Desktop Experience

 

[Patrick Keenan]

over the years, what with changing internet provider several times, i lose
track of usenet posts that have been posted in the past.

is it possible to find these doing a search with regard to the actual
computer that has been used. i.e. using some identity unique to that
computer?

Go to Google Groups and do an Advanced Groups Search on the name(s) you
posted under.

HTH
-pk

 

[Carrie]

Go to Google Groups and do an Advanced Groups Search on the name(s) you
posted under.

If you find one of them, they have a "profile" which shows a calendar with
the number of posts (for that username) for each month/year.
Also the option to "find all post by this user".
If you use advanced search put in the name of the group you want just the
way it shows
msnews.microsoft.com with the dots.
I haven't searched microsoft groups that way but that's how it works
for the usernet (talk, alt, etc) ones.
You can also search using a date range in advanced search.

 

[Pennywise]

Even on a group frequented by Richard 'Stoopid' Bullis, this may be one of
the dumbest questions ever asked.

Not really, just too early.

In 10 years maybe this can be done, but it's coming, each computer
(some even now) will have a unique number that can/will identify it.

Read up on trusted computing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_computing
~and think DRM

 

[Pennywise]

(e-mail address removed) wrote in

That makes it a stupid question in the here and now.

Agreed, it's just my way of alerting people to what is coming and
possibly averting it.


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