On Thu, 28 Apr 2022 20:28:12 +0100, wasbit wrote:

How can I find the message id of a very old article which has long ago expired in my news feed & on the news server but which I can find on a
google search?

It depends on how old the article is. Some Usenet providers go back to
~2003 and archive.org goes from the 80s's-90's to around 2003. If you know
the sender, the group, and something like the subject line, you may be
able to find the original article.

Jason

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wasbit wrote:

How can I find the message id of a very old article which has long ago expired in my news feed & on the news server but which I can find on a
google search?

You can't anymore because of that:

Google's dejanews no longer allows the original message (with headers) to
be viewed

-thh

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