In http://groups.google.ca/group/bit.listserv.ibm-main/
if you use the "Search this group" feature, you can then
click on "Sort by date" and you will get what you want.
From: Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU>
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Search Archives Backward?
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 11:18:31 -0600
In a recent note, Walt Farrell said:
> Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 11:54:42 -0400
>
> On 8/21/2006 7:55 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Is there any way to search the archives of these lists
> > so that the first page of hits presented contains the
> > fifty most recent hits, rather than the fifty oldest?
>
> Perhaps you could restrict the date range you're searching?
>
No, I can't properly pose that question without knowing its
answer a priori: I can't choose a date range without knowing
whether the fifty most recent hits were last week or three
years ago.
An option to present the hits in reverse chronological order
would be very useful.
-- gil
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