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.