This is because Gerry is truncating your command after the words "installing
AND" and inserting a line feed.  Since each line is interpreted as a
command, the first command ends in "AND" with no attached operand.  Also,
the next line (command) "Buzzer AND oil" is interpreted as a command, which
of course, it is not.

Try shortening your command to fewer words.  (Tom or Coyote, do you know the
number of characters that Gerry wraps text at? It looks like 60 characters
is the maximum)

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Andrew Grebneff
> Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 3:28 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Archive search problem
>
>
> I have tried to follow Brent Christensen's instructions, as
> forwarded by
> Marshall Ruskin on 15-4-00, but it ain't workin'.
>
> I send text:
> SEARCH VANAGON tachometer AND instruments AND installing AND
> fitting AND
> buzzer AND oil
>
> In return I get a reply:
>
> >SEARCH VANAGON tachometer AND instruments AND installing AND
> fitting AND
> Missing parameter - specify a search operand.
>
> > buzzer AND oil
> Unknown command - "BUZZER". Try HELP.
>
> Help!!
>
> Andrew
>

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