Re: Searching Archives

How about moving to a bulletin board system. They seem to run very
well, and a system like VBulletin is very scalable. I'm a member of
a forum with over 20,000 members and it works very well for that. It
might be an option - just my $0.02.

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "echnidna" <echnidna@y...> wrote:
> Sorry I forgot about the next button,
>
> Tim & Dave are right about that.
> But it isnt an effective search method for going back very far into
the archives. For example,how many searches will it take you to find
the subject "Rayite"
>
> And the awkwardness of single keywords (I have tried various types
of Boolean searches but seemingly ineffective. Though I havent gone
through multiple searches right back to the first page just to prove
that boolean don't work)Try a search for "Re: Searching Archives" and
you will get every message starting with Re:
>
> I still think everyone can benefit by setting up an easy search
system for such a huge list. There is just so much info it seems sad
that none of us can find it all easily.
>
> Jason and Jon made some positive comments but just how do we do
index or search the list more effectively than now.
>
> Thanks Marv for electing me,
> First meetings at my place tomorrow night,
> Easy to find from New York,
> Catch a plane south for a few thousand miles then turn right for a
few thousand more till you get to Australia then........LOL
>
> I'm not trying to pass the buck to anyone to do everything or even
a lot of it, if a group of us get it together we could all do a bit.
> Maybe Dave's suggestion of a database ???
>
> Regards
> Bob Thomas