Oleg, thank you so much for taking the time to help us out. I'm
going to try what you suggest right away. How wonderful to 'hear'
from you, too! Max has the neatest friends who come here. I love to
see the membership grow and to meet new friends.

Hugs to all and go get 'em, Max and M&M!

Pamela


--- In maxmirnyi@yahoogroups.com, chevalruge <no_reply@y...> wrote:
> 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.