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ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2004-04-24 22:44 in General Discussion
hi

Anyone know of a way to search all of the messages at once?

Or is there a download available of all archived messages so you can
search it with another application?


Bruce

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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2004-04-14 14:14
    You can search the archives at Yahoo Groups. You need to log in and
    select the BASIC Stamps group.

    -- Jon Williams
    -- Applications Engineer, Parallax
    -- Dallas Office

    Original Message
    From: etech500 [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=f0v0PQbP03CQsdjJmFYFxHdX8KL_GmGz8iQLFWqbgis7Tn9lSwhyFF71PhCy0TkQjXSr99ut0LxP07Q]bmwbruce@a...[/url
    Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 12:35 AM
    To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] searching archives


    hi

    Anyone know of a way to search all of the messages at once?

    Or is there a download available of all archived messages so you can
    search it with another application?


    Bruce
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2004-04-14 21:38
    Yes, but how do you search all of the archives at one time. Now, if
    I search for a subject it only searches a few messages at a time.

    --- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "Jon Williams" <jwilliams@p...>
    wrote:
    > You can search the archives at Yahoo Groups. You need to log in and
    > select the BASIC Stamps group.
    >
    > -- Jon Williams
    > -- Applications Engineer, Parallax
    > -- Dallas Office
    >
    >
    >
    Original Message
    > From: etech500 [noparse][[/noparse]mailto:bmwbruce@a...]
    > Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 12:35 AM
    > To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    > Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] searching archives
    >
    >
    > hi
    >
    > Anyone know of a way to search all of the messages at once?
    >
    > Or is there a download available of all archived messages so you
    can
    > search it with another application?
    >
    >
    > Bruce
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2004-04-14 22:26
    This is a recent change that Yahoo made. I don't know of any way around it.

    Regards,

    Al Williams
    AWC
    * Easy RS232 Prototyping:
    http://www.awce.com/rs1.htm




    Original Message
    From: hodgebrad [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=qai3-T25dMyTd4m_QNPpZ0txvrr6USp0RMDwFqBgOZtxfyajZhc280NrqeU3h9cPHHv17EGYxX8XzzT1Cg]HodgeBrad@b...[/url
    Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 3:39 PM
    To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Re: searching archives


    Yes, but how do you search all of the archives at one time. Now, if
    I search for a subject it only searches a few messages at a time.

    --- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "Jon Williams" <jwilliams@p...>
    wrote:
    > You can search the archives at Yahoo Groups. You need to log in and
    > select the BASIC Stamps group.
    >
    > -- Jon Williams
    > -- Applications Engineer, Parallax
    > -- Dallas Office
    >
    >
    >
    Original Message
    > From: etech500 [noparse][[/noparse]mailto:bmwbruce@a...]
    > Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 12:35 AM
    > To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    > Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] searching archives
    >
    >
    > hi
    >
    > Anyone know of a way to search all of the messages at once?
    >
    > Or is there a download available of all archived messages so you
    can
    > search it with another application?
    >
    >
    > Bruce




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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2004-04-15 10:46
    This has got to be a syntax issue... I poked around a little bit and found
    that I could alter the START position. I would assume there is a URL command
    line provision to supply the END position.

    In the example below I just altered the URL and was able to change the START
    to whatever I wanted. In the case below it was 40000. Anything out of range
    such as -1 or a number higher than the number of messages seems to default
    to the highest message number.

    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/basicstamps/messagesearch/40000?query=Schwabe

    ...If all else fails contact yahoo and ask them if you or someone else
    does not find a URL hack.


    >This is a recent change that Yahoo made. I don't know of any way around it.
    >
    >Regards,
    >
    >Al Williams
    >AWC
    >* Easy RS232 Prototyping:
    >http://www.awce.com/rs1.htm
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    Original Message
    >From: hodgebrad [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=zouR9k0eHHTG6eXDkjMeKm5O7qScSimwkdW6ro-YqQEYFH4fgdFiVFV4TSv-_eC4fqKsj_8Oyj4qUaaF]HodgeBrad@b...[/url
    >Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 3:39 PM
    >To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    >Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Re: searching archives
    >
    >
    >Yes, but how do you search all of the archives at one time. Now, if
    >I search for a subject it only searches a few messages at a time.
    >
    >--- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "Jon Williams" <jwilliams@p...>
    >wrote:
    > > You can search the archives at Yahoo Groups. You need to log in and
    > > select the BASIC Stamps group.
    > >
    > > -- Jon Williams
    > > -- Applications Engineer, Parallax
    > > -- Dallas Office
    > >
    > >
    > >
    Original Message
    > > From: etech500 [noparse][[/noparse]mailto:bmwbruce@a...]
    > > Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 12:35 AM
    > > To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    > > Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] searching archives
    > >
    > >
    > > hi
    > >
    > > Anyone know of a way to search all of the messages at once?
    > >
    > > Or is there a download available of all archived messages so you
    >can
    > > search it with another application?
    > >
    > >
    > > Bruce
    >
    >
    Beau Schwabe Mask Designer National Semiconductor Corporation
    500 Pinnacle Court, Suite 525
    Home: polygon_man@h... Mail Stop GA1
    Work: bschwabe@a... Norcross, GA 30071
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2004-04-15 15:56
    --- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "Beau Schwabe" <bschwabe@a...>
    wrote:
    > This has got to be a syntax issue... I poked around a little bit
    and found
    > that I could alter the START position. I would assume there is a
    URL command
    > line provision to supply the END position.
    >
    > In the example below I just altered the URL and was able to change
    the START
    > to whatever I wanted. In the case below it was 40000. Anything
    out of range
    > such as -1 or a number higher than the number of messages seems to
    default
    > to the highest message number.
    >
    >

    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/
    basicstamps/messagesearch/40000?query=Schwabe

    This is correct. if one were to replace Schwabe for the search
    string and the 40000 with where they want to start, Yahoo will treat
    it as it Yahoo did it. In other words, start there and allow the
    user to keep hitting next.

    Yahoo changed the way they search when they elminated storage of
    attachements.

    Now it is the last 250 records or the first 50 matches, whichever
    comes first.

    I wrote a nice long and comprehensive post that I was going to add to
    the files section, but oddly enough, It has yet to be posted.

    Another solution is PGOffline, a low cost Yahoo List program that
    allows you to copy an entire list to your machine and search at will.

    The problem falls back to Yahoo again. They limit you to views per
    hour so the 43,000 records we have now will take some days to pull.
    Nice thing is that users can work at sections and cut that down, as
    sections can be combined.

    Dave
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2004-04-24 22:44
    Hi Dave,

    If I'd know you were doing this sort of stuff I'd have been picking your brains about it. I'm doing a PIC based 2 channel data logger. Anyway I've spent the last couple of days DL'ing basicstamps and the resultant archives are here:

    http://www.pgoffline.com/groupmanager/basicstamps-1.zip 13.8 Mb (messages 1 - 20000)

    http://www.pgoffline.com/groupmanager/basicstamps-2.zip 19.0 Mb (messages 20001 - 43581)

    The application is here:

    http://www.pgoffline.com/groupmanager/PGOffline-2-0-179.exe

    homepage here: http://www.pgoffline.com

    $15.99 after 30 day trial. Don't like it? Chuck it & keep the archives (in standard MS Access format).

    Cheers,

    Wilson Logan (PGOffline creator).
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