This is because Gerry is truncating your command = after the words "installing AND" and inserting a line = feed.  Since each line is interpreted as a command, the first = command ends in "AND" with no attached operand.  Also, = the next line (command) "Buzzer AND oil" is interpreted as a = command, which of course, it is not. 

Try shortening your command to fewer words.  = (Tom or Coyote, do you know the number of characters that Gerry wraps = text at? It looks like 60 characters is the maximum)

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.C= OM]On Behalf
> Of Andrew Grebneff
> Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 3:28 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Archive search problem
>
>
> I have tried to follow Brent Christensen's = instructions, as
> forwarded by
> Marshall Ruskin on 15-4-00, but it ain't = workin'.
>
> I send text:
> SEARCH VANAGON tachometer AND instruments AND = installing AND
> fitting AND
> buzzer AND oil
>
> In return I get a reply:
>
> >SEARCH VANAGON tachometer AND instruments = AND installing AND
> fitting AND
> Missing parameter - specify a search = operand.
>
> > buzzer AND oil
> Unknown command - "BUZZER". Try = HELP.
>
> Help!!
>
> Andrew
>