Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!ukc!strath-cs!cs.glasgow.ac.uk!tommyk
From: tommyk@cs.glasgow.ac.uk (Tommy Kelly)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Searching
Summary: Why doesn't  /pattern/ work?
Message-ID: <4663@vanuata.cs.glasgow.ac.uk>
Date: 27 Feb 90 11:42:12 GMT
Reply-To: tommyk@cs.glasgow.ac.uk (Tommy Kelly)
Distribution: news.newusers.questions
Organization: Comp Sci, Glasgow Univ, Scotland
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When I use /pat/ to search for my name in a newsgroup, I normally get a list of
a few letter IDs.  But invariably these do NOT contain my name, and have no
connection with me or my previous postings?  What am I doing wrong?
tk

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