---------- > From: Brian Leverich <leverich@rootsweb.com> > To: listowners-announce@rootsweb.com > Subject: Online: The New Search Engine Server > Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 12:01 AM > > > > [ My apologies to the folks who have multiple or incorrect > subscriptions to LISTOWNERS-ANNOUNCE; I'll get that subscription > list cleaned up as soon as I can. -B ] > > > [ This is a public announcement -- it may be forwarded to any > appropriate audience. -B ] > > > The new search engine server is now online and can operate at the > speed of a full T1 connection. > > Courtesy of hacks by Dale Schneider, you can search the USGenWeb > Archives, now with *headlines* and *updated* to within the last 24 > hours, at: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm > > Courtesy of hacks by Karen Isaacson, you can search the archives of > any mailing list (except those withdrawn by the listowner), now with > nicer *formats* and *updated* to within the last 24 hours, at: > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > I'd also like to explicitly thank the folks who provided the > resources that have made this new facility possible: > > o RootsWeb's Patrons, Donors, Sponsors, and Members. > > o Palladium Interactive, developers of the Ultimate > Family Tree software for genealogists. > > Folks interested in helping RootsWeb provide new facilities can > become Members by using the Web form at: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > By the way, the next server we'll be bringing online will be a box > dedicated to supporting Marc Nozell's HTMLized versions of the > mailing list archives. We should have that box online within 48 > hours, though it's reasonable to expect Marc to need a little time > after that to get his software installed. (: > > Projects after that include a dedicated IRC server, upgrading the > mail hub, upgrading the main Web server, building a NT-based > FrontPage server, bringing a "dirtylists" list server online, and > bringing a third ordinary list server online. > > [ The "dirtylists" server is for the big, rarely used announcement > lists. We've developed a number of those things with 5,000 to > 300,000 subscribers, and every time a post drops we kick the > daylights out of the list server with hundreds or even thousands of > bounces. We need a specially tuned box to handle these turkeys. ] > > No rest for the wicked, I suppose ... Cheers, B. > > > > > -- > Dr. Brian Leverich Co-moderator, soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L > RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative http://www.rootsweb.com/ > P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798 leverich@rootsweb.com