[Elecraft] Using the Reflector Archives

[Dauer, Edward]

The question in general is how best to search the reflector archives.  The most direct way is a word search, aided by a very limited form of Boolean analysis through the "Advanced Search" function.  But I find that clunky, and not very useful for topics that don't have predictable or uniform vocabularies.  It risks both sorts of errors - overinclusion and under inclusion.  I am not unfamiliar with search strategies in general, having spent the better part of a lifetime dealing with legal and health sciences databases of almost every conceivable kind.  Almost all of the better ones are both Boolean and topical, which the reflector archives are not - unless I am missing something.  So, just wondering how those who use the reflector archives navigate through them . . . for example, for a subset of a broader topical search.  Any secrets you'd be willing to share?  Thanks,

Ted, KN1CBR