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This article is from the rec.arts.tv.soaps FAQ, by Margaret D. Gibbs gibbsm@ll.mit.edu with numerous contributions by
others.
14. Is there an ftp archive for rec.arts.tv.soaps. from which I can retrieve past posts?
Most news sites expire articles after a week or two, and some even
more quickly. The only two posts which I *know* are archived via
ftp are the soaps-faq and the soaps-abbrevs, as mentioned in the soaps-faq.
However, there's now (1995) a www site http://dejanews.com, which is
an archive for all Usenet posts except for those posted to alt.*,
talk.*, soc.*, and *.binary groups. The posts are archived for at
least one year. Users have the option of creating a query filter
(which will allow one to search by newsgroup name), or simply by
keyword (ex: if you'd lost a post of your own, you might set the
search to look for your real or email name; however, if you use
more than one word in a search, the default operator is "OR" - to
search for "joe jones", you'd want to search for "joe & jones".).
There's another www site http://www.altavista.digital.com/, which is
similar to Deja News. Using the Alta Vista engine, you can search
either usenet or the WWW, and it has a finer screen for subjects than
Deja News. (It doesn't look at the alt. or talk. usenet newsgroups
either.) Try using Advanced Query, and do read the Help sections.
Also, since January 1992, the entire Usenet newsfeed has been made
available on CD-ROM, so you may be able to find what you want that way.
You can get more information on "NetNews on CD's" from CD Publishing
Corporation, 4824 Fraser Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V5V 4H4,
phone numbers: 604-874-1430, 800-333-7565 (USA), 604-874-1431 (FAX),
or email: info@CDPublishing.com <note - when trying to email this
address in 1998, it was defunct>. In the near future, their product
information will also be available via Gopher at
gopher.CDPublishing.com(TCP/70). I contacted them in October of 1993,
and they said that for those who would like just a rec.arts.tv.soaps
archive CD, they could make custom one-off for them.
DISCLAIMER: I have no association with CD Publishing Corporation, and
don't even have a CD-ROM player.
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