1) How do I search for and view a (long-since) deleted question (asked by a user other than myself)? 2) Is it intentional that question 1) is not clearly answered here?

I use an SMB network drive as a Time Machine backup from a Macbook on my home network. What is the correct way of "lazily" connecting to that network drive so that it automatically connects when I'm on the network, but muting / hiding any errors when I'm away from my network? I've added the d...