Thanks Oleg for your help! I'll try what you write here in this
weekend. I don't know much about PC but as I hava a Windows ME I'll
try it. I really wish to recover at least Max's messages.

bisous,

Mizue

--- In maxmirnyi@yahoogroups.com, "Oleg Kotov" <elfsoft_ok@y...>
wrote:
> Hello all!
>
> Well, writing here for the first time.. But I've been reading this
> group at least a couple of months :) Now I'll try to make an
attempt
> to help.
>
> What about the problem of lost messages - yes, it's a pity that
more
> than 7 months of messages are lost now.. Seems like there was a
data
> loss in Yahoo databases (uhm.. if only nobody deleted the messages
> manually..)
>
> I tried to search if these messages are cached anywhere on search
> servers (such as Yahoo, Google, Yandex and others) - but all I
could
> pick up is just a message list :( (from #2301 to #2404 - these are
> from 4/11/2003 till 6/8/2003) The message list URL is:
> http://www.google.com/search?
> q=cache:NP1FJhFJto8J:groups.yahoo.com/group/maxmirnyi/messages/2301%
> 3Fviscount%3D100++site:yahoo.com+maxmirnyi4&hl=ru&ie=UTF-8
>
> Yes, at least one Max's message is there (I saw it's #2314, from
> 4/18/2003), but when I tried to search the message *body* anywhere,
I
> failed.. :(
>
> The thing is, that some messages can be cached in YOUR computers -
I
> mean, if you use your own, not public, computer to read groups.
> Well.. what can I suggest? You can try to search _any_ files that
> contain "maxmirnyi4" (it is about PC, I can't say much about Macs) -

> maybe, if you are lucky, you'll find some important (i.e.
Max's :) )
> messages. If you use Windows 9x, they probably will be
> in "C:\Windows\Temporary Internet Files" (or something similar), if
> Windows 2000/XP - in "C:\Documents and settings\(your_name)\Local
> Settings\Temporary Internet files". Anyway, you can try to do
> something.
>
> Good luck to everyone, and especially to Max! :)
>
> With best regards,
> Oleg.