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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 19, 2002 BLUE WORLD ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF LISTSEARCH.COM Bellevue, WA--November 19, 2002--Blue World Communications, Inc.--pioneers of the Web Data Engine(tm)--today announced the completion of the months-long process of migrating various email list archives to the new ListSearch.com service. The new ListSearch.com service hosts the complete searchable archives for numerous popular email discussion forums including the MySQL list, GoLive Talk, Dreamweaver Talk, FileMaker Pro Talk, Lasso Talk, InDesign Talk, Acrobat Talk, and more. The archives contain hundreds of thousands of messages from tens of thousands of authors dating as far back as 1995. ListSearch.com email archives are accessible to the entire public at no charge at <http://www.listsearch.com>. "For over seven years, Blue World has dedicated itself toward maintaining searchable archives of many important email lists in an effort to help support the Internet community," said Bill Doerrfeld, CEO of Blue World. "We have a particular passion for building and maintaining email-based communities as we believe through sharing of information, all within the community benefit." Features of ListSearch.com Blue World ListSearch.com provides the following features: - Comprehensive GUI - A tabbed-based graphical user interface provides an easy way to navigate throughout thousands of email messages. The multi-panel design groups items in an intuitive manner for easy identification. - Search Methods - Searches can be performed using contains (for sub-string text matching) or keyword (for exact word matching) search methods. - Relevance Sorting - Search results can be sorted according to relevance (e.g. records more relevant to the search criteria are displayed first). - Quick Search - Quick Search provides instant access to message field keyword searching on each page. - Multi-Field Searching - Search independently or collectively on Subject, Message, Author Name, Author Email, Date From and Date To fields extracted from all email messages contained in the archives. This provides powerful AND-type (e.g. aggregate term matching) searching. - Search Term Highlighting - In the message detail, requested search terms are highlighted within the message, subject and author fields of text for easy identification. - Message Threading - For each message, a list of other messages in the associated message thread are displayed with visual indication of the message's placement within the thread. This eases navigation within lengthy threads. - Re-Sort Columns - In each view showing a listing of records, fields can instantly be re-sorted simply by clicking on the column header for said field. Sort order identification is also visually represented by ' and '' characters (e.g. representing ascending and descending sort order respectively). - Statistical Reports - A wealth of reports are provided showing the number of posts, authors, and threads within any given date range. This makes it easy to view a list of popular authors and threads. - Search Term Logging and Reporting - When users perform a search, each search term submitted is logged and reported on in real-time. This makes it easy to view a listing of popular search terms. - Online Help - Each page contains a link to help text describing all the functionality on that page. "We believe the features in Blue World ListSearch.com provide the most robust service available for searching email discussion forum archives," said Bill Doerrfeld. "We're committed to continual improvements to this service as more lists and messages are added." The Ideal Tool Set Blue World ListSearch.com is powered by Blue World's recently released Lasso Professional 6 Web application server product. Email archiving is achieved using PopMill (www.popmill.com), a third-party add-on to Lasso Professional 6 which facilitates POP email connectivity. The database server used for Blue World ListSearch is MySQL 4 (www.mysql.com), the next-generation version of MySQL, the leading open-source database on the Internet. "By using Lasso and MySQL, we've been able to build an incredibly complex system in a fraction of the time it would have taken using another tool set," said Bill Doerrfeld. "Blue World ListSearch.com serves as an exemplary site showcasing the new features and performance of Lasso Professional 6." About ListSearch.com Blue World ListSearch.com archives messages posted to popular email discussion forums and provides a powerful search engine allowing users to quickly find answers to their technical and business related questions. In continuous operation since 1995, Blue World ListSearch provides a free service regularly used by tens of thousands of people. 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