I've been trying to help someone with a problem, and needed to access the archives of the group, and it appears Google has dumped most of the archives for ALL groups except for recent postings within the past few years? This seems crazy. There is detailed information in the archives that is nearly impossible to recreate.
Google started their "Groups" by purchasing the USENET newsgroups archives from Deja News in 2001. At that time, if I searched for posting in "All Groups" using my brother's name, I'd find search results going clear back into the early mid-1980's. Now, results barely reach back a couple years, and there seems to be no access to an "advanced search" that would give access to all the old archives, assuming they still exist? It appears to me that this move to Google Groups isn't the wisest choice. Our archives have be split into disjoint sets and now are completely gone forever for older postings. I don't know how much space these old text postings take, but it must be miniscule compared to modern sites like Flicker. Google has really let us down. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
