"Rick Rothstein" wrote in message

If I now do a search on my last name (Rothstein) for any and all groups, I
get about 746 hits... I know I have **well over** ten thousand messages
under my name (actually, I believe it is well over 20,000 messages, but I
don't remember for sure)

Using Dave's tip I got 21,400 hits for you!

http://groups.google.com/groups/sear...hors=&safe=off

Regards,
Peter T