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Date:         Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:22:24 -0800
Reply-To:     Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
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From:         Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
Subject:      Re: Archive Search Trick Using Google?
In-Reply-To:  <86476e250811231006x32b03b77j87473b63c55c973@mail.gmail.com>
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The trick to successfully using the gerry search engine is to limit the timeframe that you're searching. I rarely search more than two years at a time. (Folks, this list is nearly fifteen years old and it is a v. active list. There's a ton of data there.)

Jim

On Nov 23, 2008, at 10:06 AM, Loren Busch wrote:

> Hum, just tried that and it didn't seem to work right. Returns a > whole > bunch of not relevant messages. But, I tried using the Google > Advanced > Search feature. I set the "search within site or domain' to > vanagon.com and > with careful selection of search terms got what I was looking for.

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