A simpler way to search without using Advanced Google:

Diana's message could also be located by typing into the simple search box
in
http://groups.google.com

author:diana group:rec.gardens.orchids Frank

Then using the link Sort by Date in the upper right hand corner, and
scrolling down into February.
I was looking for a way to specify a date range without using Advanced
Groups Search, but I cannot figure out a way to do it.

Alternatively the words "birthday" or "gift" could be added, since Diana did
say that this was a message about birthday gifts. However, that is already
taking a risk of possibly not finding the message, since Diana could have
typed "Yesterday Frank surprised me by giving me all of the following for
Valentine's Day".

Best,
Joanna

"J Fortuna" wrote in message
...
Mariana,
Let's assume that Diana did not find the message. This is how one could go
about finding it:
1) Go to http://groups.google.com
2) Click on the "Advanced Groups Search" link
3) From Diana's posts up to here in the thread, we know some facts about
this message:

a) The group that the message was posted to was rec.gardens.orchids
b) The author was Diana Kulaga
c) The message was posted sometime in February 2004 (so the dates should
be
between 1 Feb 2004 and 29 Feb 2004)
d) The message probably mentioned Frank ;-) since Diana got the orchids
from
Frank
e) The message may also include "gift" or "present" or "birthday"-- but
these search criteria are probably not really needed, since finding all
messages that Diana posted to rgo in February 2004 that mentioned Frank
should enable you to locate this message fairly quickly.

Now, since Diana did find and repost this message, my reply is not as
useful
in this particular case, but I hope it will help you dig up other messages
in the archives in the future. For example if I were to say that I posted
a
messages to rgo a couple or a few months ago that contained a lot of tips
on
how to search the rgo archive in google, you could easily locate that
message, right? :-)

Best,
Joanna

"GrlIntrpted" wrote in message
et...
Oh...I missed it!.... how can I go about digging it up?

-M

"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
hlink.net...
I'd have to reconstruct it, though I posted the list back in February.
You
can probably still can find it.

Diana