Re: searching archives broken?
Ed Zwart wrote: Jon, where are you searching from? The link I gave in my initial question does not have the 'recent' limiter you mentioned. thanks e. On 3/10/07, Jon Wolfgang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ed Zwart wrote: > Hi there, I'm new to the list, and have been trying to search the > archives at http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/. No > matter what I search for, I get no results (even one-word searches > that should definitely have hits; eg, 'mail', 'hostname', etc). > > I want to search the archives before asking the group, but the archive > is way too large to make browsing feasible. Is search broken, or am I > missing something? > > e. I have noticed this too. The "fix" I found is changing the search field from "all" to "recent". For example, if I search for "mount", and search all, nothing is displayed. However, searching for "mount" with recent selected, returns results. I think it has to do with how many results it finds. Hope this helps, Jon ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" I am searching from the page http://www.freebsd.org/search/search.html#mailinglists I can't get to the page linked in your first message right now for some reason. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: searching archives broken?
Jon, where are you searching from? The link I gave in my initial question does not have the 'recent' limiter you mentioned. thanks e. On 3/10/07, Jon Wolfgang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ed Zwart wrote: > Hi there, I'm new to the list, and have been trying to search the > archives at http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/. No > matter what I search for, I get no results (even one-word searches > that should definitely have hits; eg, 'mail', 'hostname', etc). > > I want to search the archives before asking the group, but the archive > is way too large to make browsing feasible. Is search broken, or am I > missing something? > > e. I have noticed this too. The "fix" I found is changing the search field from "all" to "recent". For example, if I search for "mount", and search all, nothing is displayed. However, searching for "mount" with recent selected, returns results. I think it has to do with how many results it finds. Hope this helps, Jon ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: searching archives broken?
Ed Zwart wrote: Hi there, I'm new to the list, and have been trying to search the archives at http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/. No matter what I search for, I get no results (even one-word searches that should definitely have hits; eg, 'mail', 'hostname', etc). I want to search the archives before asking the group, but the archive is way too large to make browsing feasible. Is search broken, or am I missing something? e. I have noticed this too. The "fix" I found is changing the search field from "all" to "recent". For example, if I search for "mount", and search all, nothing is displayed. However, searching for "mount" with recent selected, returns results. I think it has to do with how many results it finds. Hope this helps, Jon ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: searching archives broken?
Thanks Randy, I use google's advanced search all the time! The trouble with limiting to freebsd.org is that it's a bigger search space than just this list's archive. I've been reading the freebsd handbook for quite some time, and have learned a lot there. But I've got a few dots left that need connecting that I think you all will be able to set me straight on very quickly. So, I'm off to start another thread on what I really came here for... (but making the archive search work would be great still!) e. On 3/10/07, Randy Pratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:51:03 -0800 "Ed Zwart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, I'm new to the list, and have been trying to search the > archives at http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/. No > matter what I search for, I get no results (even one-word searches > that should definitely have hits; eg, 'mail', 'hostname', etc). > > I want to search the archives before asking the group, but the archive > is way too large to make browsing feasible. Is search broken, or am I > missing something? I use google to search the FreeBSD site. Do your google search as usual but add "site:freebsd.org" at the end and it limits the searches to freebsd.org. Other operators can be used for google also: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/operators.html HTH some, Randy -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: searching archives broken?
On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:51:03 -0800 "Ed Zwart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, I'm new to the list, and have been trying to search the > archives at http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/. No > matter what I search for, I get no results (even one-word searches > that should definitely have hits; eg, 'mail', 'hostname', etc). > > I want to search the archives before asking the group, but the archive > is way too large to make browsing feasible. Is search broken, or am I > missing something? I use google to search the FreeBSD site. Do your google search as usual but add "site:freebsd.org" at the end and it limits the searches to freebsd.org. Other operators can be used for google also: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/operators.html HTH some, Randy -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
