====== What is a Message-ID? ======

A **Message-ID** is a unique alpha-numeric identifier for Usenet posts.

If you have the Message-ID, it is relatively easy to find the post in question.

Every newsreader will have its own method for displaying the headers of Usenet posts.  This tutorial demonstrates how to find the Message-ID using Agent and Advanced Google Group Search.

====== Finding Message-ID using Agent ======
Agent is the newsreader that I use most often for participating in Usenet.

===== Find the post =====
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===== Press "h" to view headers =====
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====== Advanced Group Search ======
[[http://groups.google.com/advanced_search|Google Groups Search page.]]\\ 
===== Enter search terms =====

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===== Select a thread =====

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===== Select a post =====

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===== Select "More options" =====

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===== Select "Show original" =====

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===== Find Message-ID =====

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