>> Before asking a question on the LUG, please check the FAQ and the > > Perhaps a "Logic New Users" list would be appropriate. > The Yahoo message archive search is almost useless because it only searchs a > small number each time. I have tried to find a topic and done search after > search ...without ever finding it. Isaac Asimov once wrote that in order to ask a useful question you need to know 90% of the answer. For message archives it's probably closer to 99%. A newbie-focused database sounds like an excellent idea. Cheers, Michael A. Levine