On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, Ben Parker wrote:

> On Mon, 19 Jul 1999 17:58:00 -0400, Peacenet Balkans Desk
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >Can something be added to the SEArch command so that it doesn't truncate at
> >100 file names? (I'd like search * in <listname> to return al the files
> >posted to the list since its inception.) Thanks  --  ed
>
> No.  As a matter of resource conservation LISTSERV will only return
> the first 100 matching entries (in an email search, for WWW the limit
> is 50).  You must perform successive searches to get all matching
> entries.  Note your search command is ridiculously broad, and will
> probably return all messages ever posted to the list.  The whole
> purpose of the search is to narrow the choices down to only a few.

        That is the intention of the search as stated above.  But, I don't
understand why he wouldn't just grab the archives themself if that is what
he wants.  Or, am I missing something?

                                                        Jessica

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