Hey tom,

I am posting this also to the list because I believe
many of us need a solution for efficient searches in
the archives.

You wrote:
> Another way to try it is to send the commands in a
> "job" field. This tells
> ListServ to ignore any line breaks in the middle of
> the request. The syntax
> would be:
>
> // JOB
> GETPOST 123 456 789 012 345 678 234 345 456 567 678
> 789 987
> 876 765 654 543 432
> // EOJ
>
> Even though the above request spans more than one
> line, it should work.

Well, it ain't workin'...
Here is what I sent:
................................
//JOB
SEArch rpm IN vanagon WHERE SUBJECT CONTAINS gear
speed change
//EOJ
................................

And here's what I got:

====================================
> SEArch rpm IN vanagon WHERE SUBJECT CONTAINS gear
-> 82 matches.

Item #   Date   Time  Recs   Subject
------   ----   ----  ----   -------
007972 95/01/20 16:44   17   [Q] Decreasing gear ratio

<SNIP>

> speed change
Unknown command - "SPEED". Try HELP.
====================================

Any other ideas?

=====
Cheers,
         TinkerMan

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