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• Re: Searching the archives
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Fri, 5 Sep 2008 10:51:48 -0700
  One way to do it is to go to Google's advanced search page, eg: http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en then...
• Re: Searching the archives, suggestions for successful searching
  Historical mailing list - Jason Simpson
  Wed, 6 Sep 2006 14:39:21 -0700
  On 9/6/06, Sam Walters <sam.cooks@verizon.net> wrote: > As many of you know, if the search takes too long, the search...
• Re: archives??
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:30:47 -0700
  Much better way to search the vanagon.com archives (IMHO) is to use GOOGLE. In the google search window, put in your search terms...
• Re: central door lock problems/archive problems-continued (sort of long)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 10 Feb 2007 12:26:38 -0500
  If you're having trouble searching the archives, try this incremental search: http://xio.com/vanagon-search.cgi You can only search on the...
• Re: Problems searching the archive
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sun, 30 Jan 2000 15:54:55 -0800
  ...if the search is slow and you are timing out.... try searching at hours of the day that are not so popular... i.e...
• Help On Intelligent Gopher Searches
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Wed, 07 Aug 1996 13:23:19 -0400
  Gerry pointed out an important functionality of the gopher search engine which I didn't know existed so I thought it should be forwarded...
• Re: SUBIE VAN ENGINE FIRE...LISTER NEEDS HELP in PA
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:18:16 -0700
  And more specifically; SVX - 14 http://www.google.ca/search?num=50&hl=en&safe=off&q=svx+%22threw+a+rod%22&btnG=Search...
• Problems searching the archive
  Historical mailing list - Dick Taylor
  Sun, 30 Jan 2000 14:14:35 -0800
  ...When I use the "search" function on the archive page, most of my searches time out with no result being returned. Sometimes it works...
• Re: Searching the archives
  Historical mailing list - azsun99
  Fri, 5 Sep 2008 11:48:29 -0700
  or simpler yet, in the Google box: "(subject)" site:vanagon.com no parentheses of course and leave off the " for a broader search Jerry...
• Re: Searching the archives, suggestions for successful searching
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Wed, 6 Sep 2006 15:46:59 -0600
  ...It's publicly > available here: > > http://xio.com/vanagon-search.cgi > > -jrs Cool! Thanks! Tom B.-attention span is less than 1 month increments...
• Re: 15 degree VW I4 mount question
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:55:42 -0700
  Rather than search the archives directly, try Google. Try entering this in your google search window: "15 degrees" site:vanagon.com Lots of hits...
• Re: searching archive
  Historical mailing list - Tom Moritz
  Sun, 26 Aug 2001 17:25:22 -0700
  Patrick, The easiest way to search the archives is via e-mail. It is a two step process, first requesting all postings containing a...
• Re: 15 degree VW I4 mount question
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:00:57 -0700
  ...I tend to search in titles only. This search goes through text in body of emails? Neil. On 8/20/07, Malcolm Stebbins <mwstebbins...
• Re: SUBIE VAN ENGINE FIRE...LISTER NEEDS HELP in PA
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:41:37 -0700
  ...VW - 2670 hits http://www.google.ca/search?num=50&hl=en&safe=off&q=vw+%22threw+a+rod%22&btnG=Search&meta= Ford...
• Re: WEB Searching (even less V'Gon content)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Katsuki
  Tue, 4 Jun 2002 11:40:14 -0400
  To find out more than you ever wanted to know about web searching, search engines, etc, check out http://www.fravia.com/ Dave 90...
• Re: NVC really..but is there a way to search all of craigslist?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:26:04 -0500
  http://www.crazedlist.org is, in my opinion the BEST craigslist search tool. you will need to disable referrers in your web-browser, so...
• Re: NVC really..but is there a way to search all of craigslist?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:35:51 -0800
  On Jan 30, 2010, at 11:07 AM, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: > when your doing a craigslist search - is there a way you can...
• kewl search engine
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Mar 1996 11:30:39 -0500
  volks check this out when you have a moment http://www.search.com allows you to search 6 common search engine (alta vista, yahoo...
• Re: Vanagon archives incremental search tool
  Historical mailing list - Jason Simpson
  Tue, 6 Jun 2006 08:52:14 -0700
  On 6/6/06, Florian Speier <groups.florian@gmail.com> wrote: > does it search title only or also the body of the > message? It...
• Vanagon archives incremental search tool
  Historical mailing list - Jason Simpson
  Mon, 5 Jun 2006 17:12:59 -0700
  ...It breaks a long-range multi-year search into one-month chunks and provides some progress feedback as it searches. Once it's found...
• Re: Chrome Rear Bumper Needed - (regular chrome w/rubber strip...
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:21:54 -0800
  http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/search?keywords=bumper&x=0&y=0 http://www2.cip1.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=vanagon+bumper&Search1...
• Re: Searching the Vanagon archives
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 2 Oct 2007 16:52:16 -0400
  ...Just use Google, and include "site:gerry.vanagon.com" with your search terms. Much faster, too. http://www.google.com/search?&q=site%3Agerry...
• Re: what you missd from not pulling your fridge (searching archiv es on the web)
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Thu, 22 Aug 2002 13:43:50 -0500
  snip/ You're absolutely right that lots of folks don't bother to search the archives, in part because they're _email_ based and...
• Re: Problems searching the archive
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 30 Jan 2000 19:45:19 -0800
  ...I just can't get to it. > > When I use the "search" function on the archive page, most of my searches > time out with...
• Re: NVC really..but is there a way to search all of craigslist?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:25:21 -0800
  ...search - is there a way you can search ALL of >craigslist, or can you only search by state/region? > >chris http://www.searchtempest.com/
• online parts search URL
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Feb 1997 21:47:15 -0800
  FWIW: http://www.ccparts.com/search/guests/search.html
• Re: Who is the Manager of this list?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:09:11 -0400
  David Kao wrote: > I just did a search for the word cofap. The search yielded > only 6 posts from January 2001 through August 2008...
• Re: 81 Vanagon Bumper Repair
  Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
  Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:01:43 -0400
  ...You are a better search than I. Geoff On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 1:53 PM Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote: > here...
• Re: 15 degree VW I4 mount question
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:16:50 -0700
  ...I see what you mean. > > I tend to search in titles only. > > This search goes through text in body of emails? > > Neil. > > On 8...
• searching the archive
  Historical mailing list - Randy Nunes
  Tue, 31 Jul 2007 05:52:01 -0700
  Everyone knows searching through the archive is a slow process. I was trying to search through it to solve my fuel guage problem. I...
• Re: ETKA 7
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:02:06 -0800
  ...http://btjunkie.org/search?q=ETKA http://isohunt.com/torrents/?ihq=ETKA http://thepiratebay.org/search.php?q=ETKA http://www.mininova.org/search...
• Re: 81 Vanagon Bumper Repair
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 11 Jun 2020 10:53:41 -0700
  here? https://www.gowesty.com/search-results.php?search_phrase=bumper https://www.vancafe.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=bumper&Submit= On Thu, Jun 11...
• Re: Archive Search Trick Using Google?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:22:24 -0800
  The trick to successfully using the gerry search engine is to limit the timeframe that you're searching. I rarely search more than two...
• Re: Archive Search Trick Using Google?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:19:24 -0800
  ...Normally I use the vanagon archive search page. Where is this advanced search you wrote of? I just tried this. Using the link I...
• Re: Archives Search --> the URL
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 14 Jul 1999 10:31:56 -0300
  Here is the URL for archive search Edward wrote: > Coyote sent me a URL with the specifics on how to do lots of complex...
• Re: How do we remove key assembly..?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 13 Sep 2006 09:54:34 -0400
  Some things to consider when searching the archives ... I almost never search on the "Subject". The reason is, the subject might be something like...
• Re: Searching the archives
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Sat, 18 Mar 2000 21:50:46 -0800
  ...Searching the archives Try narrowing your search, or use the e-mail method for searching - much faster and more reliable. Send e-mail to...
• Re: Searching the archives
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delasalle
  Sat, 18 Mar 2000 23:48:10 -0600
  ...Searching the archives Try narrowing your search, or use the e-mail method for searching - much faster and more reliable. Send e-mail to...
• Re: Hi and newby question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:14:12 -0700
  On Jul 26, 2010, at 6:32 PM, Werner Schink wrote: > My buying approach is to do a > Craisglist search every day - I live...
• NVC really..but is there a way to search all of craigslist?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:07:10 EST
  ...when your doing a craigslist search - is there a way you can search ALL of craigslist, or can you only search by state/region...
• Search engine for my VanagonLinks GooglePages?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 9 Aug 2007 10:54:37 -0700
  ...A quick web search shows many "free" search engines. Most have strings attached. Trial software etc. I need a search engine for my pages...
• Hint for successful archive searches
  Historical mailing list - BA
  Tue, 2 Aug 2005 20:08:54 -0700
  ...Every other search >returns "CGI Application error - server killed the process" I've tried >repeatedly to get a mirror on to my web server...
• What is that Google quick search tip for archives?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:50:52 -0800
  Months (or years) ago, somebody posted a slick method of searching Vanagon archives via Google....way faster than the "archive" search engine. When I...
• Re: Vanagon archives incremental search tool
  Historical mailing list - John Graham
  Mon, 5 Jun 2006 21:17:23 -0400
  Thinking along the same vien, is there any way that we could hook up google to search our archive??? That would be cool. John...
• searching archives
  Historical mailing list - Harry Mueller
  Mon, 12 May 1997 08:26:55 -0500 (CDT)
  Hello, I'm a new subscriber that's looking at a 1985 Westphalia and I'd like to search the archives for relevent information...
• Re: Brake MC r&r..Gotchas?
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sun, 8 Feb 2009 18:35:49 -0500
  Absolutely, I noticed that the searches perform quite well if you can confine your search to at least a defined year or so. I...
• How to Search Archives
  Historical mailing list - shawn luft
  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 06:57:44 -0400
  Hi, How do you search the vanagon list archives? I cannot find a search link from vanagon.com. Thanks, Shawn. Montreal, Qc.
• Re: Vanagon list archive search.... So slow???
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:05:16 -0400
  ...http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=Diehr++site%3Agerry.vanagon.com&btnG=Search
• Re: NVC really..but is there a way to search all of craigslist?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:59:08 -0600
  Craig's List has sued and shut down several third party Craig's List search engines. I wonder how long it will take for...
• Re: NVC really..but is there a way to search all of craigslist?
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:03:38 -0500
  Go to google and type your search words- i.e. "vanagon", "westfalia" or whatever and then site:craigslist.org. so it would look like...
• Re: Is there a trick to searching the archives?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Wed, 23 Aug 2000 13:15:04 -0700
  ...Instead, you can search by email! It is really easy. Here is what to do: send the search to listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with...
• Re: searching the archives
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 3 Dec 2007 11:08:40 -0800
  Google Desktop will index all of your hard drive for local 'google' searches. also I have a Gmail account that I use ONLY for...
• Re: 81 Vanagon Bumper Repair
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Fri, 12 Jun 2020 09:27:53 -0500
  ...Jim > > On Jun 11, 2020 at 12:53 PM, <Dan N (mailto:dn92610@gmail.com)> wrote: > > > > here? > https://www.gowesty.com/search-results.php...
• nifty storage item from the Container Store
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 26 Aug 2007 08:27:46 -0700
  ...http://www.containerstore.com/search/searchresults.jhtml?search=10029320 Seven fit perfectly in the left curtain track of our Westy. The link photo shows...
• Re: GOOGLE SEARCH
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:03:44 -0700
  The Google search does work well, but the command is "site:vanagon.com" So if you want info on headlights, in the Google search...
• NVC - Search For Good
  Historical mailing list - Joel VanderKwaak
  Tue, 22 Nov 2005 10:02:43 -0800
  ...http://www.searchforgood.net/ It's a search front-end that co-opts advertising revenue for charities. Joel
• Re: Searching the archives
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Wed, 15 Mar 2000 10:26:12 -0800
  Try narrowing your search, or use the e-mail method for searching - much faster and more reliable. Send e-mail to the listserv address...
• Performance Chip
  Historical mailing list - Ari J. Posner
  Fri, 12 Dec 2003 21:56:42 +0000
  ...chips? Available on ebay.</P> <P><A href="http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2F...
• Propex installation details
  Historical mailing list - Forhan, Thomas
  Tue, 21 Oct 1997 09:12:32 -0400
  ...The full search address is: http://www.med.umn.edu:8853/cgi-bin/headsearch?search=propex%3Binstallat ion&a=v96&Search=Search Tom F.
• Re: Searching the archives
  Historical mailing list - Ron 'Coyote' Lussier
  Tue, 21 Mar 2000 10:21:01 -0800
  ...Searching the archives Try narrowing your search, or use the e-mail method for searching - much faster and more reliable. Send e-mail to...