The answers to many of the questions that we ask can be found in the archives, but finding those answers can sometimes be difficult. I have found the "Advanced Search" function of Google to be an easy way to search the archives.

To use this method, visit http://www.google.com/advanced_search. Enter your search terms, and then enter hv.greenspun.com in the "Domains" box (below, and to the right of the boxes for the search terms). Then run the search (click on the "Google Search" button toward the top of the page). By entering hv.greenspun.com, you are restricting your search to this web site.

Because there are many different forums in this site, you may need to make your terms specific ("90mm lens" instead of "90mm"). You may still get some threads that are from different forums, but all of the results should be from this site, and not from the web in general.

Good luck!

-- Matthew Runde (actorm@hotmail.com), April 06, 2002

Answers

Thanks for the info Matthew !!

-- Peter (chopsteeks@iateneo.com), April 06, 2002.

For Internet Explorer on Windows, the downloadable Google toolbar works really well - you go to the site, enter a string, and click the "search this site" button. /Åke

-- Ake Vinberg (ake@vinberg.nu), April 07, 2002.

Thanks, Mathew, it works!

Having paid for copernic sumariser, I had hoped that it might have helped.

-- Dick Roadnight (dick.roadnight@btopenworld.com), April 07, 2002.

Thanks Matthew. Great idea.

-- Dave Karp (davekarp@ix.netcom.com), April 08, 2002.

Thanks, Matthew. I've wished for a long time for a way to search this site's archives.

-- E. Grim (guivret@yahoo.com), April 09, 2002.