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I posted here in December and January but when I used "search for

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b11_

Flightless Bird
I posted here in December and January but when I used "search for" to find
all of my posts, the December and January posts did not appear but the older
posts did.
 
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Bruce Hagen

Flightless Bird
"b11_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:64EBF937-3B0B-4F6A-9CF8-E652A3620E3D@microsoft.com...
>I posted here in December and January but when I used "search for" to
>find
> all of my posts, the December and January posts did not appear but the
> older
> posts did.


Try using a newsreader instead of the clunky Web interface.

Setting up Outlook Express to access Microsoft newsgroups:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

Or copy/paste this link into your browser's address bar.

Windows XP General Newsgroup.
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA

dc2d504ce9ef&lang=en&cr=US
 
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philo

Flightless Bird
Re: I posted here in December and January but when I used "searchfor

b11_ wrote:
> I posted here in December and January but when I used "search for" to find
> all of my posts, the December and January posts did not appear but the older
> posts did.

I did a quick search
and found stuff from oct nov dec and jan

guess your news server dropped them

I always use a few different news-servers as the results vary
 
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David B.

Flightless Bird
All your posts are there, use a proper news reader to access these groups
and you'll have a much better experience.

--


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"b11_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:64EBF937-3B0B-4F6A-9CF8-E652A3620E3D@microsoft.com...
>I posted here in December and January but when I used "search for" to
>find
> all of my posts, the December and January posts did not appear but the
> older
> posts did.
 
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Gordon

Flightless Bird
"b11_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:64EBF937-3B0B-4F6A-9CF8-E652A3620E3D@microsoft.com...
> I posted here in December and January but when I used "search for" to
> find
> all of my posts, the December and January posts did not appear but the
> older
> posts did.

Do yourself a BIG favour and ditch the horrible web interface. Use a news
reader instead.

Setting up Outlook Express/Windows Mail/Windows Live Mail to access
Microsoft newsgroups
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

Accessing the MS newsgroups in Outlook Express/Windows Mail/Windows Live
Mail Newsreader
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroupsetup.mspx
 
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Gordon

Flightless Bird
"philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:tf-dnVR7P_tDLN7WnZ2dnUVZ_tilnZ2d@ntd.net...
>
> guess your news server dropped them
>

The OP is using the clunky MS web interface - so 90 days retention...
 
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Bruce Hagen

Flightless Bird
"Gordon" <gordonbparker@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:-OBLwCJljKHA.4500@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>
> "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:tf-dnVR7P_tDLN7WnZ2dnUVZ_tilnZ2d@ntd.net...
>>
>> guess your news server dropped them
>>
>
> The OP is using the clunky MS web interface - so 90 days retention...
>
>


90 days in MSNews. More than a year in the Web interface.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA
 
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Tom Willett

Flightless Bird
"Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@mymail.invalid> wrote in message
news:%23kfGsQljKHA.2132@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
:
: "Gordon" <gordonbparker@yahoo.com> wrote in message
: news:-OBLwCJljKHA.4500@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
: >
: > "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message
: > news:tf-dnVR7P_tDLN7WnZ2dnUVZ_tilnZ2d@ntd.net...
: >>
: >> guess your news server dropped them
: >>
: >
: > The OP is using the clunky MS web interface - so 90 days retention...
: >
: >
:
:
: 90 days in MSNews. More than a year in the Web interface.
: --
IF it actually stays there ;-)
 
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ANONYMOUS

Flightless Bird
Try here:

<http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=b11_+%3Cb11@discussions.microsoft.com%3E&btnG=Google+Search&meta=&aq=f&oq=>

hth


b11_ wrote:

> I posted here in December and January but when I used "search for" to find
> all of my posts, the December and January posts did not appear but the older
> posts did.
 
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Bruce Hagen

Flightless Bird
"Tom Willett" <tom@youreadaisyifyoudo.com> wrote in message
news:-OVNMtjljKHA.4048@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>
> "Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@mymail.invalid> wrote in message
> news:%23kfGsQljKHA.2132@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> :
> : "Gordon" <gordonbparker@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> : news:-OBLwCJljKHA.4500@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> : >
> : > "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message
> : > news:tf-dnVR7P_tDLN7WnZ2dnUVZ_tilnZ2d@ntd.net...
> : >>
> : >> guess your news server dropped them
> : >>
> : >
> : > The OP is using the clunky MS web interface - so 90 days
> retention...
> : >
> : >
> :
> :
> : 90 days in MSNews. More than a year in the Web interface.
> : --
> IF it actually stays there ;-)
>


Well, yeah. That too. <eg>
 
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Gordon

Flightless Bird
"Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@mymail.invalid> wrote in message
news:#kfGsQljKHA.2132@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>
> "Gordon" <gordonbparker@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:-OBLwCJljKHA.4500@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message
>> news:tf-dnVR7P_tDLN7WnZ2dnUVZ_tilnZ2d@ntd.net...
>>>
>>> guess your news server dropped them
>>>
>>
>> The OP is using the clunky MS web interface - so 90 days retention...
>>
>>
>
>
> 90 days in MSNews. More than a year in the Web interface.

I thought that the web interface was just that - an interface to this news
group. So does the web interface store posts separately, on a separate
server to the NNTP server?
 
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Bruce Hagen

Flightless Bird
"Gordon" <gordonbparker@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:-OXZfOjqjKHA.5520@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>
> "Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@mymail.invalid> wrote in message
> news:#kfGsQljKHA.2132@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "Gordon" <gordonbparker@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:-OBLwCJljKHA.4500@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>> "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message
>>> news:tf-dnVR7P_tDLN7WnZ2dnUVZ_tilnZ2d@ntd.net...
>>>>
>>>> guess your news server dropped them
>>>>
>>>
>>> The OP is using the clunky MS web interface - so 90 days retention...
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> 90 days in MSNews. More than a year in the Web interface.
>
> I thought that the web interface was just that - an interface to this
> news group. So does the web interface store posts separately, on a
> separate server to the NNTP server?


I guess it does. Occasionally I find someone replying to a post that is 1
or 2 years old, and often upon checking their headers they show they are
using the CDO for Windows 2000. AKA, the Web interface.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA
 
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b11_

Flightless Bird
Re: I posted here in December and January but when I used "search

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general only shows the
3 previous days of posts! How does one display older posts?
___________________________________________________________________

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

> "b11_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:64EBF937-3B0B-4F6A-9CF8-E652A3620E3D@microsoft.com...
> >I posted here in December and January but when I used "search for" to
> >find
> > all of my posts, the December and January posts did not appear but the
> > older
> > posts did.
>
>
> Try using a newsreader instead of the clunky Web interface.
>
> Setting up Outlook Express to access Microsoft newsgroups:
> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
>
> Or copy/paste this link into your browser's address bar.
>
> Windows XP General Newsgroup.
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
>
> --
> Bruce Hagen
> MS-MVP [Mail]
> Imperial Beach, CA
>
> dc2d504ce9ef&lang=en&cr=US
>
> .
>
 
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Robert Macy

Flightless Bird
Re: I posted here in December and January but when I used "search

On Jan 7, 3:04 pm, b11_ <b...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general only showsthe
> 3 previous days of posts! How does one display older posts?
> ___________________________________________________________________
>
>
>
> "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
> > "b11_" <b...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >news:64EBF937-3B0B-4F6A-9CF8-E652A3620E3D@microsoft.com...
> > >I posted here in December  and January but when I used  "search for" to
> > >find
> > > all of my posts, the December and January posts did not appear but the
> > > older
> > > posts did.
>
> > Try using a newsreader instead of the clunky Web interface.
>
> > Setting up Outlook Express to access Microsoft newsgroups:
> >http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
>
> > Or copy/paste this link into your browser's address bar.
>
> > Windows XP General Newsgroup.
> > news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
>
> > --
> >            Bruce Hagen
> >          MS-MVP [Mail]
> >       Imperial Beach, CA
>
> > dc2d504ce9ef&lang=en&cr=US
>
> > .

use access through google, it shows everything
 
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Bruce Hagen

Flightless Bird
Re: I posted here in December and January but when I used "search

What news server are you using? Your ISP's? Another one? If you set it up
using msnews.microsoft.com as the first link describes, messages are
retained on the server for 90 days.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA



"b11_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:407048BD-1EB0-4BFC-A2EE-D7731D1332FA@microsoft.com...
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general only
> shows the
> 3 previous days of posts! How does one display older posts?
> ___________________________________________________________________
>
> "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
>
>> "b11_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:64EBF937-3B0B-4F6A-9CF8-E652A3620E3D@microsoft.com...
>> >I posted here in December and January but when I used "search for"
>> >to
>> >find
>> > all of my posts, the December and January posts did not appear but
>> > the
>> > older
>> > posts did.
>>
>>
>> Try using a newsreader instead of the clunky Web interface.
>>
>> Setting up Outlook Express to access Microsoft newsgroups:
>> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
>>
>> Or copy/paste this link into your browser's address bar.
>>
>> Windows XP General Newsgroup.
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
>>
>> --
>> Bruce Hagen
>> MS-MVP [Mail]
>> Imperial Beach, CA
>>
>> dc2d504ce9ef&lang=en&cr=US
>>
>> .
>>
 
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