Re: A search engine for the archives

[Muriel Harris <harrism@omni.cc.purdue.edu>]

> 
> Per just asked if I/we want the archive indexed for searching. 
> What do you think?  He noted that he had received a complaint
> from a subscriber about his/her posting being included in the
> www.ttu.edu search engine.  What do you think?  
> Lady Falls Brown



Lady, if I can vote six or fourteen times (hey, I'm from Chicago where
we were always told to vote early and often), I vote for a search
engine. It's very, very,*VERY* useful, and judging from the usage
we're getting on the searchable list of newsletter articles on our OWL
site, will definitely get used. That would be great. Profuse thanks to
Per!!!

And the person who complained may not realize that postings to
listservs and newsgroups become part of the public domain. The search
engine, DejaVu, searches all newsgroups and includes everything sent
there. People may feel as if they are chatting privately with friends
on WCenter (part of its charm), but it is public turf.



Mickey


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Mickey Harris
harrism@omni.cc.purdue.edu