Posted by Dr. Bob on November 12, 2006, at 21:43:49
In reply to Searching on Pbabble, posted by Jost on November 11, 2006, at 12:30:25
> Is there some way to
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> 1. have the threads/posts sorted chronologicallyNot that I know of. Though in theory you could do so yourself, copy and paste the results into another program and then sort them by post number...
> 2. have only posts listed
Try adding "inurl:html" (without the quotes) to the search...
> 3. do a comprehensive search for a poster, within a certain time frame, or a subject within a time frame?
You can search for a poster with "poster:xxx". And within a year (kind of) by adding the year. And within a month that year by spelling out the month...
> Somehow, I think the search function here doesn't work terribly well. It seemed better in the past, when it wasn't hooked up to google--
I feel the same way, but the old way was taking up a lot of space. But they give me more space now, so I suppose it might be an option to go back...
Bob
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