ml> the part that shows the filename format should be included in the
 ml> forum's "HowTo" because there's nothing like that in there right
 ml> now... then, again, what is there is pretty much the very same thing
 ml> that the Allfix docs have on the topic... yes, without any filename
 ml> format example :?

 VC> foo.*.*  should work according to 'specs' just no similar file here
 VC> and yes I  did check my logs that my system did try to find.

that format is not indicated in the ALLFIX docs nor the posted
"HowTo" document :?

 VC> But it is not impressed with other messages ie, the moderators "hey
 VC> I'm here"  stuff.  That type of thing never occured way back etc,
 VC> so, many filefind apps  may have problems with it.  This echo was
 VC> ONLY for the "want a file who's got  it" messages.

ok, so what am i missing from the original post? the subject contained the
necessary search params and the body of the message should be ignored by
the software out there... so what's wrong with adding a message that a
human might also read???

)\/(ark