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Grex Info Item 57: Internet question.
Entered by cwb on Sat Aug 7 20:40:27 UTC 1993:

     And now for a question not related directly to Grex.  I know I can use
Archie to search anonymous ftp sites for file names, or parts of file names,
such as
`archie -s zcomm' to get a listing of all locations that have files with
`zcomm' as a case-insensitive substring of the name.  But what if I want to
something different, like a key-word search on the word `zmodem' or
something like that?  I realize this may vary from system to system, but is
there an internet resource that in general, provides such a key-word search
capability?
     Thanks in advance,
     Chris

4 responses total.

#1 of 4 by emv on Mon Oct 4 22:57:03 1993:

The general purpose internet keyword search tools are WAIS (a whole
protocol just to do keyword searches) and Gopher (where keyword searches
are a small piece of the whole picture).

Archie has an exact keyword search mode (use "archie -e zcomm" for instance).

For this particular search you would do well to hit the WAIS database
"comp.archives", where it should give you hits on half a dozen zmodem
versions or programs for various platforms.

#2 of 4 by cwb on Tue Dec 21 02:22:02 1993:

     Question: where can I find a list of mailing-lists?

#3 of 4 by danr on Tue Dec 21 12:25:26 1993:

I don't know if there is one on-line, but you can buy one at a bookstore.

Alternatively, there is a mailing list for mailing lists.  Creators
of new lists announce there lists here, and people can ask if there's
a list on a topic they want to discuss.  I don't have the address
handy, but I'll dig it up.

#4 of 4 by kaplan on Thu Dec 23 14:43:42 1993:

Look at article number 388 in newsgroup news.announce.newusers
The header to that article claims that 714 mailing lists are listed in
six postings!

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