Ross,
 
I understand that, unless you know the date and subject wording, or date
and author, the best thing to do is use a regular search engine like Excite
or Alta Vista. All our archives are indexed there. I don't know how fast
they get new stuff on the web-wide search engines though. If the thread you
are interested in took place only a few weeks ago, it  might not be up
there yet. But if you knew it was only a couple of weeks ago, searching
through our archive pages for that time period wouldn't be such a
monumental job.
 
Lynn Scheu
Louisville, KY
 
 
>Please forgive my asking a question just answered a few months ago, but
>how does one search the Conch-l archives for a particular topic, such as
>shell export restrictions in Reunion?
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                                                     -Ross M.
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