[ic] Searching Mail List Archives

Joe Moschak interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com
Wed Oct 3 23:11:18 2001


If you feel ambitious, maybe you can download the raw file (38 M) and 
search it manually.  Then search the file on your PC.  But I, too, 
wouldn't mind finding a better online search method.

Roy Chilson wrote:

>In trying to use the mail list archives as a learning tool before I open a
>topic that has already been covered, I am using the search tool at the
>bottom of the archive page. I find that the only results returned are dated
>7/18/01 and prior. I have use the "Sort by: Time" option to find the most
>current information and it seems that nothing after 7/18/01 is ever
>returned. I have tried to search on words and phrases that are in current
>messages and those messages don't show up.
>
>Is this a limitation of the search tool, or am I doing something wrong.
>Thanks for your help.
>
>Sincerely,
>Roy Chilson
>
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