Re: Viewing old messages

Sorry - it's gone from my scroll....

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"Peter" <peter@mapleremovedotdesign..co.uk> wrote in message 
news:op.tk0elxxgo4kg9m@peter-bowyer...
> Hi,
>
> I am a newbie to newsgroups rather than mailing lists, so perhaps I've 
> misunderstood something...
>
> I've been saving useful posts from this list in my newsreader (Opera 9) 
> since before the summer.  I wanted to ask a question here today and then 
> realised I'd asked something similar in September.  Looking back through 
> the list of posts I found it, but when I click on the post's name I cannot

> view the contents.
>
> Is this the way newsgroups go - the bodies are stored elsewhere, and 
> deleted after a time?  The thread in question starts with message:
>
> ------------
> Subject: Workflow when using stock images
> From: Peter <peter@mapleremovedotdesign..co.uk>
> Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 20:48:21 +0100
> Message-ID: <op.tfqbyvbao4kg9m@peter-bowyer>
> Newsgroups: public
> ------------
>
> Can anyone else access it?
>
> Thanks, and happy Christmas!
>
> Peter
> -- 
> Maple Design Ltd - web application development
> +44 (0)845 123 8008
> http://www.mapledesign.co.uk 

Hi,

I am a newbie to newsgroups rather than mailing lists, so perhaps I've  
misunderstood something...

I've been saving useful posts from this list in my newsreader (Opera 9)  
since before the summer.  I wanted to ask a question here today and then  
realised I'd asked something similar in September.  Looking back through  
the list of posts I found it, but when I click on the post's name I cannot  
view the contents.

Is this the way newsgroups go - the bodies are stored elsewhere, and  
deleted after a time?  The thread in question starts with message:

------------
Subject: Workflow when using stock images
From: Peter <peter@mapleremovedotdesign..co.uk>
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 20:48:21 +0100
Message-ID: <op.tfqbyvbao4kg9m@peter-bowyer>
Newsgroups: public
------------

Can anyone else access it?

Thanks, and happy Christmas!

Peter
-- 
Maple Design Ltd - web application development
+44 (0)845 123 8008

Peter wrote on 12/23/06 6:09 AM:

> Is this the way newsgroups go - the bodies are stored elsewhere, and
> deleted after a time?

I've always found traditional newsgroups to be good for immediate
communication. But when it comes to archiving, and searching for past posts,
the newsgroup weakness becomes apparent.

If I'm new to a newsgroup and I wish to search for past answers, so I don't
ask something answered already, there's no way for me to do so without
downloading ALL the past posts.

With this group (and others), I've found I have to save the entire message
of any post I think I may wish to access in the future. Otherwise, if I
reset my newsreader's cache for any reason, I've lost the ability to search,
without re-downloading everything. Not very efficient, but there you have
it.

Some newsgroups will have a web-interface that can compensate for this.

Patrick 

-- 
Patrick Hackshaw
RuneMedia Web Design Studio
http://runemedia.com

Don't see an actual search facility but if you know the thread or date, you 
can revisit them without having to download everything here - 
http://groups.archivesat.com/WebDev_public/ .
Discovered this a few weeks ago by accident.

Mickey



"Peter" <peter@mapleremovedotdesign..co.uk> wrote in message 
news:op.tk0elxxgo4kg9m@peter-bowyer...
> Hi,
>
> I am a newbie to newsgroups rather than mailing lists, so perhaps I've 
> misunderstood something...
>
> I've been saving useful posts from this list in my newsreader (Opera 9) 
> since before the summer.  I wanted to ask a question here today and then 
> realised I'd asked something similar in September.  Looking back through 
> the list of posts I found it, but when I click on the post's name I cannot

> view the contents.
>
> Is this the way newsgroups go - the bodies are stored elsewhere, and 
> deleted after a time?  The thread in question starts with message:
>
> ------------
> Subject: Workflow when using stock images
> From: Peter <peter@mapleremovedotdesign..co.uk>
> Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 20:48:21 +0100
> Message-ID: <op.tfqbyvbao4kg9m@peter-bowyer>
> Newsgroups: public
> ------------
>
> Can anyone else access it?
>
> Thanks, and happy Christmas!
>
> Peter
> -- 
> Maple Design Ltd - web application development
> +44 (0)845 123 8008
> http://www.mapledesign.co.uk