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Subject: 
newsgroups search modifiers ?
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Fri, 23 Feb 2001 04:32:49 GMT
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Todd,

Is there a page that explains/defines what are the valid modifiers to a
newsgroup search request ? I seem to recall a message that you posted right
after the big newsgroups search engine downtime which showed some examples (such
as how to target a search to a particular relative date). I tried that, but
don't see any effect on the search results. My searches always seem to return
the oldest items first, which is a pain if I get a large number of hits and what
I'm looking for is more recent.

Ray



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  Re: newsgroups search modifiers ?
 
(...) (URL) you saw this and it doesn't help, Todd should answer your question soon. -Suz (24 years ago, 24-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.database)
  Re: newsgroups search modifiers ?
 
(...) There's now a little round blue question mark link graphic that takes you to a help area on searching (just added a few minutes ago). It's not on all of the pages yet, but it is on all of the news pages and on the main homepage. (...) What did (...) (24 years ago, 24-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.database)

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