OldTools Archive -- New Search

OldTools Message Archive -- Search

Enter search terms, seperated by spaces into the text box below and click on the Search button to see the results. Depending on how busy the server is, the query may take as much as 30 seconds to return results.

Search limitations --

  • The main limitation is that the database only indexes words 4 letters or longer so adding works like 'saw' or 'bio' will have no effect on the search results.
  • One special exception exists for Stanley plane numbers. The database does have an index of plane numbers of the form /#[0-9]{1,3}((-| )((1\/2)|C))?/ (for those of you who speak 'egrep'), so you can enter something like '#164', "#6C", or '#5 1/2' and get useful search results.
  • The query is sensitive to spelling, so if you're not sure, include both spellings (Nielsen Neilsen, Donelly Donnelly, etc.).
  • Dashes and many other symbols look like spaces to the database, so the term 'V-logo' comes out as 'V' (which is too short to be indexed) and 'logo'.
  • Case doesn't matter.
  • New! Searching is only done on the body of the message. I will probably add Subject and From searches later, but it was necessary to speed up the queries.

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