He can, and should if he wants current info. Don't mind FatPappy. He has a fetish that seems to involve searching old messages and reposting them. He does that a lot. It provides him an avenue to display his brand of smarmy retort. He rarely says anything of worth so when you see his handle attached to the discussion you can reasonably assume that if you skip reading his verbal vomit you'll be just fine.

It is not that hard.