Ability to Search for Date/My Display Name in Posts

[MJS]

This is a general suggestion for all newsgroups. It would be nice to be able
to search by date and/or my display name in order to find any threads I may
have read from a specific date (or range) or any threads I may be
participating in.

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[Gordon]

This is a general suggestion for all newsgroups. It would be nice to be
able
to search by date and/or my display name in order to find any threads I
may
have read from a specific date (or range) or any threads I may be
participating in.

You will get a far better "experience" by dumping the horrible web interface
and using a proper news reader instead. You already have one on your
machine - Outlook Express prior to Windows Vista and Windows Mail and News
in Vista.

See this on how to set up Outlook express as your news reader: (I expect
Windows mail and News is horribly similar....)

How to set up OE/Windows Mail as a News reader:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164&product=oex
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups/setup.asp
http://www.gmayor.com/MSNews.htm

 

[JoAnn Paules]

When searching the archives, I prefer using Google Groups even tho I use
Windows Mail to read the posts.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

 

[Jay Freedman]

You will get a far better "experience" by dumping the horrible web
interface and using a proper news reader instead. You already have
one on your machine - Outlook Express prior to Windows Vista and
Windows Mail and News in Vista.

See this on how to set up Outlook express as your news reader: (I
expect Windows mail and News is horribly similar....)

How to set up OE/Windows Mail as a News reader:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164&product=oex
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups/setup.asp
http://www.gmayor.com/MSNews.htm

Hi Gordon,

Although I agree that a newsreader is far preferable to anything web-based
for reading and posting, searching is limited to the headers and bodies that
you have stored in your reader's local database. That's often just a small
fraction of what's available.

The best place for searching for threads by topic, date, and/or poster's
name is Google Groups, http://groups.google.com/advanced_search.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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