also sprach Wesley W. Terpstra <wesley@terpstra.ca> [2007.08.24.1047 +0200]:
> > and yet, if I search 'au:thomas', it returns no results. What could
> > be the reason?
> 
> If this really happens, it's a bug. Please provide me with the email  
> in question. Does this email appear in the archive?

I am trying to reproduce this but so far have not found a message
that I can provide to the public.

> > However, sometimes I really just want to browse, but I cannot figure
> > out how to do this with lurker. Is it possible to just display the
> > next 20 entries/matches?
> 
> ... the white arrow with a blue outline? It's at the top and 'left'  
> means earlier, 'right' means later. Select a list from the start  
> page, click 'view newest messages', proceed to use the left arrow to  
> move backwards in time.

Believe it or not, this button has only just entered my perception.
I did not see it previously, thanks!

> > Strangely, if I browse the 20th thread, there is also no right
> > arrow at the bottom to jump to the previous thread.
> 
> I'm not sure how the 'previous thread' should be even be defined.
> At  the bottom of a message you can jump to the mailing list index
> surrounding an email ('nearby messages'), which would then show
> you  previous messages from other threads. Or use the arrows at
> the bottom  if you want to follow all messages in the list in
> order.

Yes, I think I must have misunderstood the way lurker works. The
main screen shows the active threads, not a thread index.

Thanks for your time,

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