Carl asked:
 
> >I don't see why searching listserv archives can't be as simple as writing
 
> >search <desiredword> in <listname>
 
> >Why should it have to be more complicated? What good is all of that
> >extra coding?
 
As Eric and Pete have both pointed out, it can't be that simple.
But I would very much like the LISTSERVer to take a search
command as the only line in an email message.  It should accept
anything the current command takes, including continuation lines.
 
The output of the search command should be a listing of messages
in the same format as used for the listing of the messages in the
INDEX option for a list subscription.
 
We also need an easy way to order the messages we want from the
index.  How about:
 
   SHIP <listname>  list-of-message-numbers
 
                          Peace,  Dan
 
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