This is off-topic, but would you please tell me how you accomplished that
result in Google Groups.
I often do not have much success with GG Advanced Search.
In this case, I find only 5 of the 7 postings that you found, and the
results are not in the form that you show.
I tried two different methods.
1. In Advanced Search, I select: 50 results per page; sort by date; search
Google Groups; return messages posted anytime; author is
(e-mail address removed). The result is given by
http://groups.google.com/groups/[email protected]&safe=off.
2. In my Profile page, I enter (e-mail address removed) in the
search field. The result is given by
http://groups.google.com/[email protected]&Submit3=Search.
Note that this finds only 4 of the 7. Furthermore, if I click on Sort By
Date, the list is reduced to 3(!).
Moreover, in the recent past, when I have tried searching based on message
ID, the search has failed despite the fact that I had copied the message ID
from a message that I found in GG, and the message had been posted using GG.
(I was testing search by message ID because another less-controlled search
failed, where I had gotten the message ID from some other source.)
More typically, when I search based on "find web pages [with] all these
words", usually limiting the search to "from the group at [...]
microsoft.public.excel.*" and "from the group at [...]
microsoft.public.excel", I often fail to find the article that I know exists
(because I posted it).
I have also had no success when I specify "subject contains". It is not
clear to me whether the search field must be a phrase or a set of words; and
if the latter, whether the words are ORed or ANDed by default. Usually I
try to limit the search field to one word, just to be sure.
(Occassionally, I also try specifying "author is". But I do not expect that
to always succeed because I have posted under slightly different variations
of my account name, depending on the interface used. Again, it is not clear
to me whether the search field can be a substring, or it must be an exact
match.)
None of this instills confidence in GG Advanced Search. I use it because
it's the best I have found. When it is successful, I'm pleased. When it is
not, I'm SOL.
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Gary''s Student said:
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