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Standard searching

Post by Support » Mon Jun 12, 2017 2:26 pm

In MegaSearch you can search for articles posted on usenet in the last 9+ years.

The main search boxes are "Subject Keyword Search", "Newsgroup Keyword Search" and "Poster Keyword Search"

The minimal length for each keyword is 2 characters.
To exclude search results for a specific word then place a ! (exclamation mark) or - (dash) in front of the word (like !german).

"Subject Keyword Search"
Here you post the keyword(s) to search for a specific posted subject, like a filename.
You can combine the other search fields to get a more accurate search result.

"Newsgroup Keyword Search"
Here you post the keyword(s) to search for a specific newsgroup. You don't have to enter the full newsgroup name. A single word like "mac" or "pictures" is enough to respectively search for all newsgroups containing the word "mac" or 'pictures'. To get a more accurate result you should use a longer search phrase like "pictures wallpaper" to only search the "newsgroup alt.binaries.pictures.wallpaper".
You can combine the other search fields to get a more accurate search result, but that is not necessarily. If you leave the other search fields blanc then you'll get all the postings from the specific newsgroup.

"Poster Keyword Search"
Here you post the keyword(s) to search for a specific poster. A full name is not required. Just the part of the name will do.
Again you can combine the other search fields to get a more accurate search result, but that is not necessarily. If you leave the other search fields blanc then you'll get all the postings from the specific poster.
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