Message Archives?

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Message Archives?
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Wed, 01-04-2006 - 10:57pm

Hello, I was wondering if anyone knows if you can still access the message archives from long ago? I was a poster here way back in '99 to '01! Just curious if there is proof out there that at one time I was dealing with an abusive husband. It all seems so long ago! I've been divorced from him for 4 years now, and living on my own, actually have a boyfriend at age 45!

Anyway, my 17 year old son has recently decided to seek therapy for his anger issues, and it made me think a lot about the past, and for some reason I started wondering if anyone would believe that my ex is abusive! He still is, of course, and he still denies it - he's already trying to blame other people for his son having anger problems, if you can believe that!

So I was hoping if I could get to the archived messages (you used to be able to), it would show concrete evidence that I went through hell with my ex, show what I was dealing with, and show that I know what I'm talking about! It's only been the last couple years that I've felt okay about sharing with other people that I was in an abusive relationship. No one ever knew, and most still don't really know the extent of it.

The gist of this is, I have the urge to look back through my old postings, and wondered if it is at all possible, or if those have been deleted.

Thank you! BTW, life is really great post-divorce! It was by discovering this message board and through the support of the people here at the time, and learning about abuse and its many forms, that I was able to change my life and break free. I feel like I've been given a 2nd chance at life, and though being single isn't ALL its cracked up to be, my life is definitely 200% better than it was! I wish every one here the same success at gaining freedom that I was able to get. Its worth the effort!

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Registered: 11-12-2003
Wed, 01-04-2006 - 11:46pm

Hey there!


If you go up into the advanced search

CL-Blueliner4

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Registered: 05-27-2003
Thu, 01-05-2006 - 10:58am

Hey blue, where is the advanced search these days....am I just blind this morning and missing it, or maybe I am suffering from brain fog (entirely possible, believe me) and forgot where it is!?

Also, will searching through advanced still get you archives from ALL the way back? I do have some links that will get me back a long ways if I need to go there, but it would definitely be easier if a person could still just type in their user name and go all the way back.

Smiles!
Jeepster

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Registered: 11-12-2003
Thu, 01-05-2006 - 11:21am

Advanced search is up next to the title.

CL-Blueliner4

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Registered: 05-27-2003
Thu, 01-05-2006 - 1:43pm

The advanced feature is only there for premium members. Whew! I thought I was losing it there for a minute. LOL They had just started the premium membership thing a few months before I stepped down as CL I believe, so I never bothered to get it. I just did this morning, after figuring out that was why I couldn't find the advanced search. :)

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Registered: 05-27-2003
Fri, 01-06-2006 - 11:07am
Oh, and here's another little tip. The advanced search......even the beginning of time search there, will only get you the last 500 posts. This tidbit came from a post by one of the CM's on the Message Boards Plus board.
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Registered: 11-12-2003
Fri, 01-06-2006 - 11:19am

Then that's new of the redesign a couple of weeks ago.

CL-Blueliner4

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Registered: 05-27-2003
Fri, 01-06-2006 - 4:31pm
Don't be blue, Miss blue....go check your email. I have something for you that will make you smile again. :)
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Sun, 01-08-2006 - 9:59am

hey blueliner or jeepster,

There have been a couple times I wanted to go back and read my old posts. I don't have a premium membership. And as I read this thread, I still may not be able to get back that far?

I was posting first when Miz and Jeepster were the cl's and mindspeak posted then as well. It was probably around 1999 or 2000. I'd like to see my first posts - would you mind, if you found a way, to email it to me? My email addy should be on my profile (I think!).

Thanks,
ples

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Registered: 05-27-2003
Mon, 01-09-2006 - 12:40pm

Hey, Ples! Back when they first changed the board Miz replied to a post by liverbabe333 concerning how to access the archives. Here it is:


http://messageboards.ivillage.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=iv-rldomesting&msg=20098.2

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Registered: 11-12-2003
Wed, 01-11-2006 - 7:48pm

CL-Blueliner4

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