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Date:      Thu, 8 Jan 1998 00:48:23 -0500 (EST)
From:      Tim Vanderhoek <ac199@hwcn.org>
To:        Alfred Perlstein <perlsta@sunyit.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-www@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Freebsd search engine?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980108003735.192A-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <199801061911.TAA11438@fang.cs.sunyit.edu>

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On Tue, 6 Jan 1998, Alfred Perlstein wrote:

> The search engine on the freebsd sites all return pointers to
> www.freebsd.org.

Probably because almost none of the mirrors run their own CGIs
but point you to www.freebsd.org.  It probably would be possible
for whatever the search engine cgi is to check your referencing
URL and, if recognized


> for example, i'm on www2.freebsd.org and do a search of the mailing lists,
> or ports or whatever and all the results point to www.freebsd.org, is this
> on purpose, do the mirrors not mirror the handbook/FAQ?

Maybe...  :)


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