> Hi Mike.  That's a very good point about the case sensitivity on the
> "from" and "date" directives.  I'll see what I can do to fix that.

Thank you, Jeff. I figure that while it's all fresh for me, the things 
I stumble on have the best chance of helping future users. Once I'm 
used to it all I'll have a harder time seeing possible improvements.

I've noticed that in almost every search I do, each message turns up 
twice, either right next to each other or separated by one or two other 
results. For instance, a search I made that had 70 results represented 
36 unique pages, once I'd been through them all in detail. I couldn't 
see a reason for the duplication. Any thoughts as to why?  

More results is better than less, most likely, and the nice contrast 
between visited and unvisited page links speeds review, but it's an 
interesting effect.

> It's great to hear you are enjoying the search engine.  We use Lucene
> for the per-list search indexes; it's certainly a high quality
> open-source engine.

Yes, it's a pretty piece of code. Having it not choke on really short 
terms is basically unique in what I've seen. I remember reading that 
the index file might be a third the size of the database? If so, it's a 
worthy investment. I think we're reaping the benefit of really cheap 
storage and a text-only format...

I forget... what language(s) are Mhonarc and Lucene implemented in? 
Your sorting code? If I do any coding or tweaking, it'd be nice to be 
able to offer it up for use by others. Some kind of search form has to 
be do-able, if it's not already out there.

Thank you, again. Excellent work.

Mike D.

[Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian]
[mdev...@eskimo.com                        ]
[Speaking only for myself...               ]



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