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Posted by kim on 11/04/05 18:45
"FatKat" <robynari@juno.com> wrote in message
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> Big Rich Soprano wrote:
> > I'm not sure if any of you have seen this problem. It happens when i
> > search for one subject and the search window gets barraged with hits.
> > If i were to search for another title simultaneously, that search and
> > all searches after would get the results from the barraged one. For
> > example, i searched "Beatles." Then Fiona Apple (across the Universe).
> > Well Fiona Apple had all Beatles hits and none of hers. I then
> > searched for Chicago, that too was nothing but Beatles hits.
> >
> > The only remedy i've seen is shut down WinMx and start fresh. Any
> > ideas out there?
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> I've seen that for years. It's a pain, but it doesn't really rise to
> the level of being a problem, and I never had to shut WinMX down to
> make sure my DL's would start. Just wait a few minutes between
> searches. Anyway, you should never be getting a "barrage" of search
> hits if you use suffiiciently specific search terms.
I was told to deliberately use a vague term for the first search so as to
attract the attention of as many servers as possible. I use "bad" which
seems to be included in more titles than anything else.
(kim)
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