Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 21:09:49 +0100 From: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@panke.de.freebsd.org> To: Robert Withrow <bwithrow@nortelnetworks.com> Cc: www@FreeBSD.ORG, jfieber@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mailing list search weirdness Message-ID: <19991201210949.A1196@paula.panke.de.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <199911300106.UAA42997@tuva.engeast.baynetworks.com>; from bwithrow@nortelnetworks.com on Mon, Nov 29, 1999 at 08:06:22PM -0500 References: <199911300106.UAA42997@tuva.engeast.baynetworks.com>
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On 1999-11-29 20:06:22 -0500, Robert Withrow wrote: > I posted this to "questions" and go no reply. Is this the correct > place to send this kind of question, Yes. > I'm confused: > > If I search in questions for the string "withrow" I get this message: > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?db=irt&id=00ca01bf2d24$4dfc0da0$fba3f9cf@megared.net.mx The mail 00ca01bf2d24$4dfc0da0$fba3f9cf exist in the database (http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?db=mid&id=00ca01bf2d24$4dfc0da0$fba3f9cf) but there is no answer to this mail. This is a common case - every mail thread has a end (hopefully :-). > But I don't find this message (which the previous one is a reply to, and > was authored by me, "withrow"): > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?db=mid&id=199911111407.JAA20011@rwwa.com > > And if I search for "userconfig" I don't find either one of them, even > though both messages have that string in the subject and the text. I tried `userconfig AND withrow' and got 3 mails. 1.Robert Wit Userconfig settings still not saved in 3.3R? Score: 566; Lines: 43; -12-1999; Archive: freebsd-questions 2.Robert Wit Mailing list search weirdness Score: 533; Lines: 53; 19-Nov-1999; Archive: freebsd-questions 3."Alejandro RE: Userconfig settings still not saved in 3.3R? Score: 513; Lines: 52; 12-Nov-1999; Archive: freebsd-questions Wolfram > Seems like the search tool is either un-intuitive, or un-reliable. > > PS: In the above, searching for "Withrow" instead of "withrow" or > "Userconfig" instead of "userconfig" doesn't change things. -- Wolfram Schneider <wosch@freebsd.org> http://wolfram.schneider.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-www" in the body of the message
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