From: kfl@KeithLynch.net   
      
   Scott Dorsey  wrote:   
   > Keith F. Lynch  wrote:   
   >> They are claiming they will continue to maintain the historical   
   >> archive and keep it searchable and readable, at least by those   
   >> with Google accounts.   
      
   > But it isn't searchable and readable and has not been for more than   
   > a decade now.  The incices are badly broken and it is impossible   
   > to find many earlier articles which could previously be found with   
   > simple searches.  They are in there and if you know the message-id   
   > you might be able to retrieve them, but just knowing the author and   
   > content is not enough to find them.   
      
   Thanks.  I knew there were problems 12 years ago when I was searching   
   for all posts by Dan Hoey to make a memorial website for him.  But I   
   figured they must have long since fixed their problems, since they're   
   a very successful high tech company with high-status technical   
   employees, and since search is their main line of business.  I wasn't   
   able to check for myself since the whole of Google Groups had   
   retreated behind the Google-login event horizon.   
      
   If they're unwilling to maintain it, they should make full copies   
   available to anyone who wants one.   
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