>>>>> "Vin" == Vin Shelton <acs(a)xemacs.org&gt; writes: Vin> Adrian.Aichner(a)t-online.de (Adrian Aichner) writes: >> >>>>> "Vin" == Vin Shelton <acs(a)xemacs.org&gt; writes: >> Vin> Miscellaneous gripe: Vin> - The restricted search feature of the mailing lists is quite Vin> finicky. When I search for 'syntax table' restricting matching Vin> files to July 2001, the search works. But if I restrict matching Vin> files to July - Nov 2001, I get 0 matches. This wonkiness makes Vin> the restricted searching nearly useless. >> >> Hi Vin, >> >> here's what I found: >> >> Querying up to 4 months works. This may be some sort of buffer >> overflow problem. >> >> All I can suggest for now is to restrict searching to 4 months at a >> time. >> >> Alternatively (my preference) you can do an unrestricted search after >> you up "Max. files returned" to 1000 (even set "Max. matches per file" >> to 0 to get subject lines only). Does that help? >> >> I'll dig a bit deeper though. >> Hi Vin! Vin> Thanks for checking this out. A warning on the webpage about Vin> up to four months working is a good start, but I think we Vin> really need to figure out how to make this rock solid. I Yes. Vin> also used the 1000 matches trick, but for some things that's Vin> not enough, especially because the matches seem to get listed Vin> from the oldest to the newest. Vin> What is the search engine we're using? It's wilma. I'm currently working on texi2html to get XEmacs HTML manuals online under http://www.xemacs.org I might look into the wilma problem some more. Do you have an example (URL) where the 1000 matches don't suffice?