PC-DOS 3.3 - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

14 Dec 2005

On Dec 13 2005, 23:07, Jules Richardson wrote:
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  Jim Leonard wrote: 
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  > You can't view them directly, but if you
click on Reply To Author it
...
   does get the
email to them. 

...
  And what if you locate someone in a post from ten
years back who's no longer
...
  on that address? In the past, if the company was
obvious in the email address,
...
  I'd look up the company name and politely contact
them to see if the person I
...
  wanted to reach was still there but just on a
different address. That's no
...
  longer possible now either...

 What bugs me is that Google have taken a useful archive and taken
 functionality away from the user. It's either Google Groups and not linked to
...
  Usenet, or it's a Usenet interface and should have
the same functionality.

I agree with the sentiment, and if there was a choice I'd use something
else too.  I hate the "new improved" format for more reasons than have
been mentioned.  But presumably you've not noticed the "Unlock email
address" link in each message?  Look closely -- there's an ellipsis
(actually, three dots, not a proper ellipsis) in each  "From:"
adddress, just before the "at".  Click on that.  If you get some
completely indecipherable image, just click "Cancel" and get another,
hopefully better, image.  Once you enter the correct data, click OK and
you get the post with real addresses.  Yes, it's a pain, but it
(mostly) works.

-- 
Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Network Manager
						University of York