Hint: Usenet is one place where such information sometimes can be found. Also, information posted at Usenet will routinely be copied to Google, which keeps over 20 years' worth of Usenet postings. Furthermore, Google postings are very easily available through their Google groups search service.

The good news: Google will honor requests to remove messages that you have posted yourself. As your message is not likely to have originated from your email address, send an e-mail to groups-support@google.com that contains the following items:

• your full name and contact information, including an email address that can be verified
• the complete Google Groups URL (or message ID) for each individual message you would like to have suppressed
• a statement that says "I swear under penalty of civil or criminal laws that I am the person who posted each of the foregoing messages or am authorized to request removal by the person who posted those messages."
• your signature (electronic)