Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!rutgers!njin!princeton!phoenix!jskelly From: jskelly@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Jim Kelly) Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions Subject: Re: old news Summary: of what use are references? Message-ID: <13956@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> Date: 19 Feb 90 05:10:07 GMT References: <50943@sgi.sgi.com> Reply-To: jskelly@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Jim Kelly) Organization: Princeton University, NJ Lines: 15 John Eisenman: >How can I access older news articles that have expired at my site? Christopher Davis: >There isn't a way to look through expired articles on most groups. I've wondered about this question for two years, and this is the answer I was expecting. Why does the news take pains to give articles unique ID numbers and keep a "References:" line if the articles can't be retrieved? -- | jskelly@phoenix.princeton.edu gr.kelly%pupcyc@princeton.edu | | "A fanatic is a man who does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew | | the facts of the case." --Finley Peter Dunne |