Search For function does not seem to work

I've having trouble searching within the
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.microframework
newsgroup. In the Search For: box, I enter "porting" (no quotes), select
the newsgroup as listed above, and click Go.
The screen repaints with no postings found - but I have clearly seen the
word "porting" in the subject of one of the messages.

Is this feature "broken"?

Re: Search For function does not seem to work

William Powell wrote:
> I've having trouble searching within the
> microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.microframework
> newsgroup. In the Search For: box, I enter "porting" (no quotes), select
> the newsgroup as listed above, and click Go.
> The screen repaints with no postings found - but I have clearly seen the
> word "porting" in the subject of one of the messages.
>
> Is this feature "broken"?

The search feature is specific to the news reader that you are using,
the newsgroup itself doesn't support searching. You should ask in a
newsgroup or forum that is dedicated to the news reader you are using.

--
Göran Andersson
_____
http://www.guffa.com

Re: Search For function does not seem to work

William Powell wrote:
> I've having trouble searching within the
> microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.microframework
> newsgroup. In the Search For: box, I enter "porting" (no quotes),
> select the newsgroup as listed above, and click Go.
> The screen repaints with no postings found - but I have clearly seen
> the word "porting" in the subject of one of the messages.

Try google groups:
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_q=&num=10&scoring=r&hl=en &as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_ugroup=microsoft.public.dotnet.fra mework.microframework&as_usubject=porting&as_uauthors=&lr=&a s_drrb=q&as_qdr=&as_mind=1&as_minm=1&as_miny=1981&as_maxd=5& as_maxm=10&as_maxy=2007&safe=off

Andrew

Re: Search For function does not seem to work

Thanks, I'll submit the question to the Internet Explorer discussion group.
It seems odd that a MS newsreader would be having trouble searching it's own
newsgroup...

"Göran Andersson" wrote:

> William Powell wrote:
> > I've having trouble searching within the
> > microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.microframework
> > newsgroup. In the Search For: box, I enter "porting" (no quotes), select
> > the newsgroup as listed above, and click Go.
> > The screen repaints with no postings found - but I have clearly seen the
> > word "porting" in the subject of one of the messages.
> >
> > Is this feature "broken"?
>
> The search feature is specific to the news reader that you are using,
> the newsgroup itself doesn't support searching. You should ask in a
> newsgroup or forum that is dedicated to the news reader you are using.
>
> --
> Göran Andersson
> _____
> http://www.guffa.com
>

Re: Search For function does not seem to work

Tried this an it works - has a quite different look and feel, but I was able
to search.
Thanks for the work-around.

"Andrew Morton" wrote:

> William Powell wrote:
> > I've having trouble searching within the
> > microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.microframework
> > newsgroup. In the Search For: box, I enter "porting" (no quotes),
> > select the newsgroup as listed above, and click Go.
> > The screen repaints with no postings found - but I have clearly seen
> > the word "porting" in the subject of one of the messages.
>
> Try google groups:
> http://groups.google.com/groups?as_q=&num=10&scoring=r&hl=en &as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_ugroup=microsoft.public.dotnet.fra mework.microframework&as_usubject=porting&as_uauthors=&lr=&a s_drrb=q&as_qdr=&as_mind=1&as_minm=1&as_miny=1981&as_maxd=5& as_maxm=10&as_maxy=2007&safe=off
>
> Andrew
>
>
>