From owner-freebsd-www Wed Dec 1 14: 7:12 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-www@freebsd.org Received: from baerenklau.de.freebsd.org (baerenklau.de.freebsd.org [195.185.195.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAA5D14F94; Wed, 1 Dec 1999 14:07:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from w@panke.de.freebsd.org) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by baerenklau.de.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with UUCP id XAA02083; Wed, 1 Dec 1999 23:06:41 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from w@panke.de.freebsd.org) Received: (from w@localhost) by paula.panke.de.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.8.8) id VAA01329; Wed, 1 Dec 1999 21:09:49 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from w) Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 21:09:49 +0100 From: Wolfram Schneider To: Robert Withrow Cc: www@FreeBSD.ORG, jfieber@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mailing list search weirdness Message-ID: <19991201210949.A1196@paula.panke.de.freebsd.org> References: <199911300106.UAA42997@tuva.engeast.baynetworks.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <199911300106.UAA42997@tuva.engeast.baynetworks.com>; from bwithrow@nortelnetworks.com on Mon, Nov 29, 1999 at 08:06:22PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-www@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On 1999-11-29 20:06:22 -0500, Robert Withrow wrote: > I posted this to "questions" and go no reply. Is this the correct > place to send this kind of question, Yes. > I'm confused: > > If I search in questions for the string "withrow" I get this message: > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?db=irt&id=00ca01bf2d24$4dfc0da0$fba3f9cf@megared.net.mx The mail 00ca01bf2d24$4dfc0da0$fba3f9cf exist in the database (http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?db=mid&id=00ca01bf2d24$4dfc0da0$fba3f9cf) but there is no answer to this mail. This is a common case - every mail thread has a end (hopefully :-). > But I don't find this message (which the previous one is a reply to, and > was authored by me, "withrow"): > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?db=mid&id=199911111407.JAA20011@rwwa.com > > And if I search for "userconfig" I don't find either one of them, even > though both messages have that string in the subject and the text. I tried `userconfig AND withrow' and got 3 mails. 1.Robert Wit Userconfig settings still not saved in 3.3R? Score: 566; Lines: 43; -12-1999; Archive: freebsd-questions 2.Robert Wit Mailing list search weirdness Score: 533; Lines: 53; 19-Nov-1999; Archive: freebsd-questions 3."Alejandro RE: Userconfig settings still not saved in 3.3R? Score: 513; Lines: 52; 12-Nov-1999; Archive: freebsd-questions Wolfram > Seems like the search tool is either un-intuitive, or un-reliable. > > PS: In the above, searching for "Withrow" instead of "withrow" or > "Userconfig" instead of "userconfig" doesn't change things. -- Wolfram Schneider http://wolfram.schneider.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-www" in the body of the message