Mikael Byström sez: >so I'm surprised you're thinking those were selfexplanatory.
You're putting words in my mouth (or in my typing). I wrote nothing of the kind. It is far from self-explanatory. Bob Parks and I were clear that our experiences with search engines allows us to make use of PowerMail's search engine better than many others. Even if all of this was explained in a manual as you seem to wish, I doubt it would change much. The majority of people don't read manuals, nor do they understand the subtle differences among search engines. This is an issue going back to card catalogs and before. Even with all this technology, there is still a need for professional librarians and archivists. Go figure. This discussion is going to come up repeatedly since this mail list is not archived and I don't see CTM making the change any time soon. I don't think it is a simple thing to change search engines woven into a program. >And showing hits for "bön" when the search word is "bon" is just wrong. Again, you make an example of something and provide no information on where these show up in the RANKINGS. Did you search for "bon" and the "bön" listings showed up first? If so, then it's wrong. If not, then it is just a function of an engine that locates all the possibilities and ranks the best ones first in a list. -- Michael Lewis Off Balance Productions [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.offbalance.com
