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  3. January 2002

Re: How to use the archives to find the first post in a thread.

> Before I get the "who cares?" posts, let me explain that I'm trying to
> demonstrate how useful the archives are in a real-life situation, and how I
> went about using them.

The largest problem I have with searching the Archives is trying to follow a
thread.  It seems to be impossible.  Unless I'm missing the feature, I would
love to have the ability to pick an appropriate post and then have an option to
see the whole thread.  See DejaNews for a sample.

Bill



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