[Coco] A return to bit.listserv.coco?

[Robert Sherwood]

At 03:39 PM 3/21/05, you wrote:

>On Mar 21, 2005, at 2:11 PM, Robert Sherwood wrote:
>
>>At 01:37 PM 3/21/05, you wrote:
>>
>>And now I see just what that activity really is.  Of the 10 messages 
>>listed (from Feb 17 to Mar 18) 7 have all appeared here, 2 are specific 
>>to the newsgroup (ie:  "Is the newsgroup dead?") and I only see *1* which 
>>is unique to the newsgroup.
>>
>>I also see some *&$^ scripting tricks which put a little tag hovering 
>>over the page as I scroll down.
>>
>>I was actually at Google trying to find the posts myself (without 
>>success) when Boisy gave the link.  Thus disappears another of his 
>>advantages - searchability.
>
>What are you talking about?  Searching the newsgroup on Google is part of 
>their service offering.  You can do advanced searches on bit.listserv.coco 
>or any other newsgroup.  I see a big bright text box at the top right 
>corner of the page with a button that says: "Search this group"  and a 
>link called "Avanced Group Search" which lets you search according to 
>date, exact words, phrases, etc.

Yes, but how do you *FIND* the damn group?  Oh, I know, I'm supposed to 
wade through a few trillion newsgroup titles in the hopes that I find the 
one I want.  (Which is also the most legitimate claim against using Yahoo 
Groups or many of the other free list servers out there).