[plug] Mail archives
Russ Pitman
rjp at belle.apana.org.au
Mon Sep 2 19:23:15 WST 2002
On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 11:20:49AM +0800, Colin Muller wrote:
> > It was just last month! My memory is getting awful.
>
> Enjoy what's left of it while you can; it's going to get a lot worse
> :-)
Ah! The calcification between the ears grows apace :-))
>
> Another tip for searching the PLUG archives, but which will not
> usually work for the most recent month or two (because Google hasn't
> indexed them yet), is to do a Google search like this:
>
> site:www.cantech.net.au your search words
>
> To restrict it to a year, do:
> site:www.cantech.net.au 2002 your search words
>
> and to a month:
> site:www.cantech.net.au 2002-03 your search words
>
> You'll sometimes pick up a few hits outside the year/month range, but
> it's simple and quick, and it doesn't stress Tony's server :-)
>
> Colin
>
Thanks, duly noted in the cardindex.
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russ
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