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Subject: 
Search by name (yet another request)
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Date: 
Sat, 1 Dec 2001 13:01:35 GMT
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Hey Steve and/or Dan and/or Jenn!

I know I know, priorities and all that, but I will still drop a small
request. I haven't requested anything for a loooong time, so I'll give it a
shot.

Can we please have an advanced search capability to search by poster name
(or by "anyone but person X")?  I think it would help a lot, because:
1. I find it extremely hard to see if people reply to my posts, and often
miss out on important info because I forget to check the relevant groups. I
tried various search strings (e.g. +Dori -Shiri), but I always miss stuff
anyway. A poster-box would allow me to search for a string like "Shiri/
posted by anyone but Shiri Dori".
2. There are certain people whose inputs I appreciate, and it's interesting
to see what they've posted lately.
3. Sometimes I need to find a certain post subject, but mostly get a bunch
of posts by one person.  (For example: if I were to search +TLC
+disappointed I would get only Richard Marchetti's posts! etc. ;-)

Of course, I relate this to myself only. I don't know if this matters to
anyone else but me!!

Hope that makes sense. And hope I convinced you!
-Shiri



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Search by name (yet another request)
 
(...) I think that's a great idea! When I was trying to catch up on those debates, I found it really hard to find information on the posters and the subjects, using the main search directory. Most of the time it came up to irrevelent information. (...) (23 years ago, 1-Dec-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
  Re: Search by name (yet another request)
 
(...) I agree. I think there is scope to overhaul the interface with the search engine here to make it a good deal user friendlier. Something in the format of the google "advanced" search would be good: (URL) like you say, it is a matter of (...) (23 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.admin.general)

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