Rather than searching "all newsgroups", how do I specify two or three newsgroups in the groups box for the search service. I've tried to just list them with a single space between them (eg alt.binaries.sounds.ogg alt.binaries.boneless ) like I used to do in Newspro Xpat search, but the search service returns no results. If I run the search with only one of the groups listed in the groups box, or with the "all newsgroups" option, I get tons of results.
For example, if I search for Radiohead with just alt.binaries.sound.ogg listed in the groups, I get 45 results. When I search for Radiohead with just alt.binaries.boneless listed, I get 377 results. When I run the same search with both groups listed, I get no results. Is there some kind of boolean "or" that I need to use between the two groups that I list in the groups box?
Robert.
Specifying multiple groups in the search service
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blackdog56
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check "search examples" topic http://www.usenetexplorer.com
you can narrow newsgroups with boolean wildmats, even no need to enumerate them exactly e.g. (music|classical)&^midi&binaries, as to your case maybe "ogg"|"boneless" (double quotes mean whole word). don't insert any spaces since spaces are legitimate characters (although as to the search service you cannot look just for spaces).
you can narrow newsgroups with boolean wildmats, even no need to enumerate them exactly e.g. (music|classical)&^midi&binaries, as to your case maybe "ogg"|"boneless" (double quotes mean whole word). don't insert any spaces since spaces are legitimate characters (although as to the search service you cannot look just for spaces).