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 -- Jessica Rasku, Box 270, Rossland, B.C., V0G 1Y0, (250) 362-5701, LinuxBox: (250) 362-9668. List manager: [log in to unmask] send command help ---- To get help with majordomo or lists ---- To get a list of all lists on server. WWW: <http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Andes/8749>