Try narrowing your search, or use the e-mail method = for searching - much faster and more reliable.  Send e-mail to the = listserv address.  Example:

SEARCH VANAGON variable1 AND variable2

I think you can get pretty creative with Boolean = statements, too.

You will receive a message back from Gerry with a = listing of all the messages that match.  You then send back a = message to Gerry like this:

GETPOST VANAGON item1 item2 item3 item4

the "items" above will be numbers that = reference the different posts

works every time for me.

The only time I use the html search engine is when I = am searching for a specific date range or a specific author (like = looking up someone's e-mail address)

Cheers,

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Delasalle [mailto:sdelasal@YAHOO.COM]=
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 8:08 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Searching the archives

I've tried a number of times to search the archives - = every time it bombs out on me after 3-4 minutes ...Is it something I'm = doing or is this a known problem - is there anyone is particular that I = should contact?

Steve