Gordon Adshead < gordon@adshead.com > wrote: > adshead -gordon@adshead.com works in the From field to find > postings from > Adsheads excluding myself > But how do I find postings from <anyone> excluding > gordon@adshead.com > [with say "adshead" in the body field] ? > > The same seems to apply to the List (or Path) field in that > an initial "-" > is taken as "+" > ie -Cheshire is taken as +Cheshire > ie How do I find postings from <any-list> excluding Cheshire ? Just put: +adshead -from:gordon@adshead.com -path:Cheshire in the Keywords: section, rather than the Advanced: section. If you use: +adshead +cheshire -from:gordon@adshead.com -path:Cheshire You will get all the messages that mention ADSHHEAD and Cheshire but not from you and not posted to the Cheshire list (although there are some messages that mention < CHESHIRE-L@rootsweb.com >.) I don't know how often new messages are being added to the index, but my previous message to SOG-L isn't being picked up yet. For anyone who missed the start of this thread, the URL of the Search Engine is at < http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search >. Cheers Elmo.

For anyone who missed the start of this thread, the URL of the Search Engine is at < http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search > Many thanks Elmo for straightening out my confusion This is certainly a valuable search resource of the Rootsweb Archives I have certainly learnt some interesting lessons on how to mix the Keyword Search and Advanced Search Options. I had not appreciated that any set of criteria that works in the general Keyword Search (including the "-" exclusion terms) also works in the Body field of the Advanced Search. It is then possible to add further filter criteria in the other fields of the Advanced Search. <adshead -from:gordon@adshead.com -path:cheshire -path:goons> finds me 1112 postings mentioning my surname study but excluding messages I sent myself and excluding two of the Lists I have subscribed to for some years. Many thanks again Gordon +Z ######################################## At 11:04 29/06/2006, Keith Elmo Eldridge wrote: >Gordon Adshead < gordon@adshead.com > wrote: > > > adshead -gordon@adshead.com works in the From field to find > > postings from > > Adsheads excluding myself > > But how do I find postings from <anyone> excluding > > gordon@adshead.com > > [with say "adshead" in the body field] ? > > > > The same seems to apply to the List (or Path) field in that > > an initial "-" > > is taken as "+" > > ie -Cheshire is taken as +Cheshire > > ie How do I find postings from <any-list> excluding Cheshire ? > >Just put: > +adshead -from:gordon@adshead.com -path:Cheshire >in the Keywords: section, rather than the Advanced: section. > >If you use: > +adshead +cheshire -from:gordon@adshead.com -path:Cheshire >You will get all the messages that mention ADSHHEAD and Cheshire but not >from you and not posted to the Cheshire list (although there are some >messages that mention < CHESHIRE-L@rootsweb.com >.) +Z_______________+Z_______________+Z__________________________+Z <www.adshead.com> Gordon Adshead Manchester Design Technology Beaumont House, 2 Goodrington Road, Handforth, Cheshire, SK9 3AT, England Tel:Fax:Msg:+44-1625-549770 Mob:+44-777-6145602 <gordon@adshead.com>