Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!snorkelwacker!mit-eddie!bu.edu!bu-pub.bu.edu!ckd From: ckd@bu-pub.bu.edu (Christopher Davis) Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions Subject: Re: old news Message-ID: Date: 19 Feb 90 04:25:51 GMT References: <50943@sgi.sgi.com> Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Reply-To: ckd@bu-pub.bu.edu (Christopher Davis) Organization: Boston University School of Management Lines: 30 In-reply-to: jice@echo.esd.sgi.com's message of 16 Feb 90 06:03:59 GMT >>>>> On 16 Feb 90 06:03:59 GMT, jice@echo.esd.sgi.com (John Eisenman) said: > Before asking a question on a news group, I would like to look through the > old news to see if it has been answered before. How can I access older news > articles that have expired at my site? Well, first you get a DeLorean. Then you build a time machine out of it... :-) Unfortunately, there really isn't a way to look through expired articles on *most* groups. Many moderated groups (for example, comp.risks) have archives of all the back articles available for ftp somewhere, or you can ask someone on a site with a longer expire time (if you know someone who's willing to help out). I'd recommend looking through the postings that *haven't* expired and, if you don't see it discussed there (but are fairly sure that you're in the right group for your topic) either ask on the net, or ask someone who is one of the "authorities" on that group. Now, I'd like to thank you for being concerned enough to want to know if something's been discussed before before you post asking about it. --Chris -- Christopher Davis, BU SMG '90 NETWORK PLANNING CONSTRAINT OF THE MONTH: "You can't send bits over a non-existent link." --Valdis Kletnieks