On Mon, 01 Aug 2005 21:41:22 -0700, you wrote:

>As for the archives, I can't remember the last time an archive search
>returned successfully.  They're seriously unreliable.  Every other search
>returns "CGI Application error - server killed the process"  I've tried
>repeatedly to get a mirror on to my web server, but half the links refer
>to a non-existent FTP site.  I've found the most reliable method for
>getting at the archives is a google search with a "site:gerry.vanagon.com"
>to limit the search to gerry.vanagon.com.

There's a warning on the archive site that a full search will take
several minutes.  Very few browser connections will last "several
minutes" without a time-out.

I flouted caution the first time I searched the archives.  Sure
enough, "CGI <some dire warning or other> timeout".

Since then, when I want to search the archives I do it in two or three
year-limited 'chunks'.  That seems to tame the time-out monster.

B&S (both of us are computer 'nerds')
'87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc'
SoCal