Couple of google groups questions

[Randy McLaughlin]

From: "Jules Richardson" <julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk>
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 11:32 AM

> Now that those of us in the UK are forced to use the new google groups
> interface to their archive...
>
> 1) How do I see how active a group is or what groups exist in a
> particular hierarchy? (e.g. I used to be able to stick "comp.sys.sun"
> into the search field and it'd show me both that hierarchy and group
> activity, which was handy when deciding where to post)
>
> 2) Are full email addresses available to view by registered users? It
> used to handy being able to try and contact someone from x years ago who
> had knowledge of something I wanted details on. Now Google seem to be
> masking them all though...
>
> I'll send these two to Google themselves of course, but as you US guys
> have been stuck with the new interface for months maybe you already have
> answers...
>
> 3) Is anyone else archiving usenet or do Google have sole control?
>
> cheers
>
> Jules

Most free systems are now trying to protect against data mining.  Google 
does allow you to send a message to the original poster but keeps the email 
address hidden until you get a response.


Randy
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