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Date:         Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:42:57 -0700
Reply-To:     Michael Diehr <md03@XOCHI.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Michael Diehr <md03@XOCHI.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon list archive search.... So slow???
Comments: To: Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <5c80974c0707302110u79ef6453s26678c08a6dca37f@mail.gmail.com>
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If only there was some sort of fast, free, indexing service out there that most people were comfortable with.

Let me get on Google and see if I can find anything like that... :-)

Seriously, though, I think the answer is to just open up the archives to Google (and other) search engines, after obfuscating email addresses. No need to reinvent the wheel.

On Jul 30, 2007, at 9:10 PM, Sudhir Desai wrote:

> I would love to have the entire archive in some sort of load sharing > multi-server setup, but I haven't gotten around to asking if I could > mirror it (and get daily updates) > > Sudhir > > On 7/30/07, Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote: >> The speed of an automobile enthusiast search engine is directly >> proportional to the speed of the automobile? >> >> -- >> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott >> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus >> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") >> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano >> KG6RCR >> >> >> >> Kai Mei typed: >>> I understand it's big, but isn't there some modern speed search >>> algorithms? >>> >>


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