Sorry, I misunderstood one of the menus in Thunderbird. I thought it was 
possible to search directly on the newsgroup server without downloading 
all the messages FIRST. I was wrong.


Mike


On 1/16/2021 11:07 AM, Francois Labreque wrote:
> Le 2021-01-14 à 15:55, Mike Horvath a écrit :
>> How do I search for old messages/threads in this newsgroup using
>> Thunderbird? I cannot get any results older than from 2019. I have to
>> use the Web interface to search for older posts. Thanks.
>>
>>
>> Mike
>>
> due to centrifugal forces, older messages have flown away from the edges 
> of the HD and there are now a pile of ones and zeroes at the bottom of 
> the server.
> 
> This is why Unix file systems have a sticky bit for important OS files.
> 
> (Paraphrased from an old USENET FAQ)
>

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