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Date:         Wed, 07 Aug 1996 13:23:19 -0400
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Derek Drew <drew@interport.net>
Subject:      Help On Intelligent Gopher Searches

Gerry pointed out an important functionality of the gopher search engine
which I didn't know existed so I thought it should be forwarded to the list.


On Wed, 7 Aug 1996, Derek Drew wrote:
>> 
>> These new Alta Vista products allow you to search your own hard drive the
>> way Alta Vista allows you to search the web--with complicated search queries
>> like, ("Syncro" AND NOT "SYNCROHEAD@AOL.COM"), a search which I don't think
>> I can do on the gopher server. (That guy messes up our syncro searches!) :-)


Gerry's response: 


Try this at the gopher search prompt
syncro and shocks not syncrohead  


Derek's new query:


Wow! Tell us, Gerry, where to get help instructions for the search query
language for the gopher searcher.
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Derek Drew                           New York, NY
drew@interport.net (main address for e-mail)
derekdrew@aol.com (alternate/backup, checked infrequently)
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