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Re: newsgroup search problem [message #67388 is a reply to message #67387]

Tue, 28 July 2009 06:27

jameskuyper
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Registered: October 2007

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lbusett@yahoo.it wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> is it only me, or the "search" function of the newsgroup doesn't
> work ?

"search" isn't a function of the newsgroup, it's a function of a newsreader.

Your message headers indicate that you're posting from
yqd.googlegroups.com. Google has one of the most complete usenet
archives available, and is possibly the best available place to go to
search for old usenet messages. Being the best does not, unfortunately
necessarily imply that it's any good, only that all of the alternatives
are even worse; and that is indeed the case with Google groups. The
search engine is cranky, unreliable, and frequently produces
inconsistent results.

> Results of the searches seems to be limited to the last couple of
> months (e.g., if I search for "histogram" I only get 6 results.... I
> don't believe that this can be correct ;-) )

I get 892 results - which doesn't mean that there's necessarily anything
wrong with your search - this could be an example of Google groups
inconsistency.

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[Message index]

		Re: newsgroup search problem By: lbusett@yahoo.it on Wed, 29 July 2009 05:55
		Re: newsgroup search problem By: jameskuyper on Tue, 28 July 2009 17:40
		Re: newsgroup search problem By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Tue, 28 July 2009 08:05
		Re: newsgroup search problem By: wlandsman on Tue, 28 July 2009 07:00
		Re: newsgroup search problem By: David Fanning on Tue, 28 July 2009 06:35
		Re: newsgroup search problem By: jameskuyper on Tue, 28 July 2009 06:27
		Re: newsgroup search problem By: pgrigis on Wed, 29 July 2009 06:52
		Re: newsgroup search problem By: Matt[2] on Wed, 29 July 2009 08:04

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