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Re: RDS msg search

• Posted by Robert Craig <rds at RapidEuphoria.com> Feb 06, 2004
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Verne Tice wrote:
> I would like very much to see an option available to search just the 
> subject line.  I know that, currently, messages cannot be shown 
> threaded, a subject search would be a start.
> 
> I tried using "subject:" as one of my keywords, with the text following 
> the ":" as the other keywords of a thread I wanted to read and this 
> worked somewhat, but matched more than 56000 msgs!
> 
> Ideally, I would like to see just matches for the subject line, with the 
> results sorted ascending by date.
> 
> Alternately, provide an option to "see whole thread" and display 
> messsages which match the subject line (excluding all the RE:, Re: RE:, 
> etc. crap) exactly.  Provide this option when reading messages from the 
> all inclusive search.
> 
> Also, perhaps the msg search facility would provide the option to list 
> only recently unread messages (track the latest msg read via a cookie?)
> 
> If such options were available the usability of the mailing list would 
> be much improved.

OK, thanks. I'll keep these suggestions in mind when I
get back to enhancing the search. Searching the "Subject:" line
would not be difficult. In many cases the content of
messages drifts far away from the subject. However,
I can understand that you might want to see all the
messages in a particular thread.

Regards,
    Rob Craig
    Rapid Deployment Software
    http://www.RapidEuphoria.com