Gerry pointed out an important functionality of the gopher search engine
which I didn't know existed so I thought it should be forwarded to the list.

On Wed, 7 Aug 1996, Derek Drew wrote:
>> 
>> These new Alta Vista products allow you to search your own hard drive the
>> way Alta Vista allows you to search the web--with complicated search queries
>> like, ("Syncro" AND NOT "SYNCROHEAD@AOL.COM"), a search which I don't think
>> I can do on the gopher server. (That guy messes up our syncro searches!) :-)

Gerry's response: 

Try this at the gopher search prompt
syncro and shocks not syncrohead  

Derek's new query:

Wow! Tell us, Gerry, where to get help instructions for the search query
language for the gopher searcher.
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