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Phil

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Jan 4, 2010, 10:26:31 AM1/4/10
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When searching for text within messages in News groups all I get is "No
Matches Found". Searching for text within messages works ok for Email.
Is this a bug?
Phil

David Pyles

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Jan 4, 2010, 10:35:47 AM1/4/10
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Are you downloading the News Group messages for off line use? (Tools >
Account Settings > {SELECT THE NEWS GROUP} > Synchronization & Storage >
Select Newsgroups for Offline use...") This will cause the message
bodies to be downloaded to your computer and make them available for the
search function, which can only search messages on your machine. It
cannot search the message bodies that are stored on the news server.

Dave Pyles

Ron Hunter

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Jan 4, 2010, 11:55:01 AM1/4/10
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No. It is by design, since newsgroup message bodies aren't normally
downloaded, only the headers. You can designate groups for 'offline'
use, which will cause TB to download the bodies, and then you can search
them, while offline.


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Phil

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Jan 4, 2010, 12:16:03 PM1/4/10
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Thanks. I'm always learning something new.
Phil

sean bean

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Jan 4, 2010, 2:53:31 PM1/4/10
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but searching on subject, to or from... does not require one to download
thousands of NG posts...

sean

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David Pyles

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Jan 4, 2010, 3:48:50 PM1/4/10
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sean bean wrote:
> On 1/4/2010 10:16 AM, Phil wrote:
>> David Pyles wrote:
>>> Phil wrote:
>>>> When searching for text within messages in News groups all I get is "No
>>>> Matches Found". Searching for text within messages works ok for Email.
>>>> Is this a bug?
>>>> Phil
>>> Are you downloading the News Group messages for off line use? (Tools >
>>> Account Settings > {SELECT THE NEWS GROUP} > Synchronization & Storage
>>> > Select Newsgroups for Offline use...") This will cause the message
>>> bodies to be downloaded to your computer and make them available for
>>> the search function, which can only search messages on your machine.
>>> It cannot search the message bodies that are stored on the news server.
>>>
>>> Dave Pyles
>> Thanks. I'm always learning something new.
>> Phil
>
> but searching on subject, to or from... does not require one to download
> thousands of NG posts...
>
> sean
>
That's becaues it's only searching the hearers, which have been downloaded.
Dave Pyles
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