Marty: Thanks for the tip. However, it doesn't work perfectly.
I'm not one of the early IBC posters, but I do remember
joining in July 1997. I first got internet service just before
going to Toronto for IBC '97. I joined the list just after that.
However, I can't find any record of any of my posts prior to
January 1998. As you know, I've never been one to be a lurker, so
some of my posts are not snagged by the Google archives.
Neat trick anyway. ;-)

Alan Walker
http://bonsai-bci.com http://LCBSBonsai.org


-----Original Message-----
From: MartyWeiser

Actually based upon postings using the name Boland (Dave may have
posted using something else), Kitsune (as Vrooman) predates Dave
by 29 months (4/14/93 vs. 9/12/95). I am in the middle at
7/6/94. This came up about two years ago and Chris Cochrane
(another from the archives) sent the info below about how to
search the archives. It can be used to search for any topic and
is surprisingly fast.
Marty

Here is how to find your own posts. First go to (I bookmarked
this):
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...group=rec.arts
..bonsai.
This page includes latest posts and is searchable. Here,
highlight the
target button beside "search only in rec.arts.bonsai" and then
request
"Advanced Search" at the top of the page.

If you changed providers or signed in with a different tag, you
need to
capture the correctly spelled name tag or URL address to find all
your
posts-- but most folks don't change these often. For example,
JackSprat's posts couldn't be found searching for the author
"Jack Sprat"-- note there could be posts under each name as well
as posts that only are linked by author under an email address...
:-)

Under "Advanced Group Search," make sure "rec.arts.bonsai" is the
only group searched. You will want to sort 'by date' rather
than 'by relevance'.
Then, throw in the search dates you are interested in covering.
The
rec.arts.bonsai list goes back to April 1993. A mail list and
alt.bonsai
newsgroup go back to as early as August 1992 but are not captured
here.

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