>I just sent a search command to [log in to unmask] and received this
>message back:
>
> > search Novell-Groupwise in lstown-l
> The  SEARCH   command  is  disabled   on  this  server.  Note   that  the
> LISTSERV-related lists are also available on PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM, a much
> faster    machine    which    supports    a    WWW    search    interface
> (http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/lstsrv-l.html)
>
>I then did a search in the web archives for [log in to unmask]
>to no avail.  I know the message I'm looking for exists, because I printed
>it out at the time that it was sent.
>
>The message in question is dated 12/16/97, the author is Mark Evangelista,
>it was sent to [log in to unmask], and the Subject is Re:
>Novell-Groupwise.
>
>Can anyone shed some light on this?

I dunno.  I just sent a message to [log in to unmask] with
"search Novell-Groupwise in LSTOWN-L" and I got back the following:

>> search Novell-Groupwise in lstown-l
>-> 4 matches.
>
>Item #   Date   Time  Recs   Subject
>------   ----   ----  ----   -------
>016767 97/12/15 22:34   24   Novell-Groupwise
>016768 97/12/15 21:52   62   Re: Novell-Groupwise
>016769 97/12/16 01:00   25   Re: Novell-Groupwise
>017473 98/04/06 18:02   29
>
>To order a copy of these postings, send the following command:
>
>                   GETPOST LSTOWN-L 16767-16769 17473
        [etc]

Maybe you typoed the second time?  Did you get a response back?

-jwgh