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Re: newsgroups search modifiers ?
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lugnet.admin.database
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Sat, 24 Feb 2001 07:51:08 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.database, Ray Sanders writes:
> In lugnet.admin.database, Suzanne D. Rich writes:
> > In lugnet.admin.database, Ray Sanders writes:
> > > 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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> > http://www.lugnet.com/help/search/news/
> >
> > If you saw this and it doesn't help, Todd should answer your question soon.
> >
> > -Suz
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> OK, I did not see that page. I tried those and it seems to be doing what I
> wanted. For some reason, I thought I tried those earlier and was not getting
> the desired result. Lets assume that all is well now. If I see whatever it was
> I saw before, I'll mention it with examples.
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> Ray
I'm no expert, but I think I know what you mean. I've had a similar sounding
history. I'll mention it to Todd, trying to reproduce the trouble I had.
-Suz.
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| (...) OK, I did not see that page. I tried those and it seems to be doing what I wanted. For some reason, I thought I tried those earlier and was not getting the desired result. Lets assume that all is well now. If I see whatever it was I saw (...) (24 years ago, 24-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.database)
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