Thanks for that, Chris.
Looks like a cleaner way to review recent posts as well.
Bart
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Cochrane"
To:
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 1:02 PM
Subject: [IBC] ADMIN: Old archives
Jim asked:
Is anyone still saving each month's archives as that month
passes? Our archives go back 2 1/2 - 3 years (currently to Oct.
2000), and are added to in monthly increments of between 2 and 3
mb each. Since our archive storage is set at 100 mb, and I like
to keep 25 mb open for "emergencies" and a safety net, I am
deleting the oldest month about once every 2 months now.
I've been searching because I thought these existed somewhere-- perhaps on
a mirror site in Europe.
Eureka! Google appears to have messages going back to day one for
rec.arts.bonsai, & they are searchable/sortable!
Try:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...ec.arts.bonsai
Hit the button to 'search rec.arts.bonsai only'-- that adds
"group:rec.arts.bonsai" to the search box when you enter it. After that, I
found it helpful to "sort by data" though Google Groups also offfers a "sort
by relevance." You can put in a name of the poster or even the a word used
within a posting (not just words from a post's title). There is also an
"Advanced Search" for seeking combinations.
FWIW, on April 1, 1993, news.announce.newgroups reported that
"rec.arts.bonsai is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for
creation by 189:22 (source:
http://www.landfield.com/software/ft...c/rec.arts.bon
sai). Mike Bartolone posted a proposal for establishment of the r.a.b
group on February 1, 1993 (source:
http://open-systems.ufl.edu/mirrors/...ec.arts.bonsai).
Mike noted then, "Currently, discussion of the art of bonsai is carried out
in the BONSAI mailing list, AND in alt.bonsai. This group has, in the 6
months since its creation, been a forum for the discussion of the joys and
woes, the art and techniques of growing and maintaining the beautiful
dwarfed trees known as bonsai.
Somewhere I picked-up that the alt.bonsai newsgroup began in August 1992,
but the earliest posts I could readily locate were by Richard K. Nordin in
September 1992.
Maybe someone can find when the term "Internet Bonsai Club" replaced the
"bonsai mail(ing) list" as a reference. The "tipped tree logo" discussion
is probably easily traced. What other discussions carried significance for
IBC's history?
Cool... :-)
Best wishes,
Chris... C. Cochrane, , Richmond VA USA
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