LISTSERV's inability to search binary attachments should not be considered
a shortcoming. LISTSERV is, after all, value-added mail server software,
not workstation-based word-processing software. Presumably, you would not
expect your word-processing software to provide the functionality of a
mail server, so why do you expect mail server software to provide the
functionality of a word-processor?

--
Paul Russell
Senior System Administrator
University of Notre Dame


On Sat, 20 Apr 2002 11:20:41 -0400, Stan Horwitz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Can the search function be set to search attachments ?
>
>I don't see attachments that are in a proprietary format such as Microsoft
>Word could be searchable via Listserv. If you need your list's content to
>be searchable, then send each posting as a standard email message with the
>Word file as an attachment. That should work, but of course, it adds to
>the storage overhead on your Listserv. Alternatively, just post documents
>in standard tex format alone and forget about MS Word.