On Sep 15, 8:44 am, diane <[email protected]> wrote: > At 11:52 PM -0500 9/14/09, Charles Lenington wrote: > > >Kris Tilford wrote: > > >> 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? > > I just discovered that last week. I had the same experience, my old > dejanews postings from the early 1990's where out there. Had I any > idea they'd go away, I would have archived them myself.
We cannot assume that remote services are forever. Anything that I may possibly want access to in the future, I archive locally. I back up with both CCC and Time Machine. This includes all lowendmac lists one other forum to which I subscribe. It includes selected content from genealogy forums. It includes most email messages with previous ISPs and currently with Gmail. Anybody who depends on an ISP's archives while using IMAP may one day lose access. Al Poulin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
