he is not using the search function but reading the messages on the server.
try it out it works quite well.

On 9/22/07, Wesley Pegden <wes@cs.uchicago.edu> wrote:
>
> I could be wrong,
> but I think this happens whenever someone is using the archive search
> function.
>
> I think the archive search as it is currently done basically brings
> gerry to its knees until the search is completed.
>
> I think right now the server maybe doesn't even build any kind of search
> index?  My hunch is that it just searches through all the messages like
> the "find" function in your browser searches through a webpage.
>
> Which is going to be slow when there's so many messages....
>
>
> Benny boy wrote:
> > Good suggestion, i will try to clear it... must be alot in it after... 2
> > years :-)
> >
> > Ben
> >
> > On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:32:01 -0400, Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> I tried it now a few times and had no problems to browse. Wondering if
> it's
> >> on your site? Clear the cache of your browser. It often makes a
> difference
> >> as browsers will grab first the cached items (unless (otherwise
> directed)
> >> and if the cached item is corrupted....
> >>
> >> On 9/20/07, Benny boy <huotb@videotron.ca> wrote:
> >>
> >>> --------CGI Timeout
> >>> The specified CGI application exceeded the allowed time for
> processing.
> >>> The
> >>> server has deleted the process.----------
> >>>
> >>> Every time i post from the web interface i get that message 1 out of 2
> >>> time...
> >>>
> >>> Anyone here is using the web interface like me????
> >>>
> >>> Cheers, Ben
> >>> ps.: don't tell me to go on digest or on mail... i'm a lurker!!! and i
> >>> like
> >>> it like that!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Karl
> >> '81 Westy "Jenny"
> >> Wilmington, DE
> >>
> >
> >
>

--
Karl
'81 Westy "Jenny"
Wilmington, DE