Date:         Sun, 30 Jan 2000 19:45:19 -0800
Reply-To:     Mike Miller <mwm@LANSET.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mike Miller <mwm@LANSET.COM>
Subject:      Re: Problems searching the archive
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I tried 3 times to get the posts on Van engines missing as they are being
driven.  I know it has been discussed but I got either no hits or posts on
other subjects.  Probably doing it wrong but as usual no big clues have
occurred on how to do it right.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: Dick Taylor <hetchins@MONTANA.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2000 2:14 PM
Subject: Problems searching the archive


> >Why don't volks use the archives. Is accessing them that difficult? If it
> is
> >we need to address this problem.
>
> I haven't had much luck with searching the archive, and it's very
> frustrating, because I know that everything I need to know has been
> discussed on the list. I just can't get to it.
>
> When I use the "search" function on the archive page, most of my searches
> time out with no result being returned. Sometimes it works, like when I
> searched for some of my own old messages. How embarassing. I usually limit
> my search to a one year or six month period, for instance, but they still
> time out. Is there some way for me or the archive manager to make the
search
> time go longer, without timing out so soon?
>
> I've used the "search" and "getpost" commands to the listserver with mixed
> success as well. One search, I got the search listing and then submitted
the
> item numbers, but the messages I received were totally different from the
> ones in the initial search listing.
>
> I just now did a "search" and "getpost" for information about stuck
> accelerator cables (thanks to Tom Neal, who knows how to spell vangon) and
> had perfect results.
>
> So it goes.
>
> Dick Taylor
> hetchins@montana.com