Walt Farrell wrote: <begin extract> A formal search of the archive, using the appropriate Listserve search commands, should find this thread using any reasonable set of terms, John. The searches include not only the subject line but also all words of the body of each message. </end extract>
and there is, of course, a sense in which he is quite right. Regrettably, it is not a very important sense. Correctly formulated "formal" searches are not the norm. They are, I suspect, rare; and this is understandable if deplorable. Those who know how to formulate a non-simple query in some context mostly don't need to make it. Let me add that I should not wish to open the floodgates. Inadequate, too generic subject lines and topic drift that makes them irrelevant are inescapable. Unfortunate obvious typos are a different matter, and it is they that I think should be corrected early. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
