| Keywords can be separated by the following connectors: | |||
| & | - AND | eg. beans & rice | |
| | | - OR | eg. camel | llama | |
| &! | - AND NOT | eg. clam &! chowder | |
| ^ | - NEAR | eg. lucas ^spielberg | |
Keywords can be combined with the following symbols: | |||
| "..." | - Quote Marks | eg. "the far side" | |
| * | - Wildcard | eg. psych* | |
| (...) | - Parentheses | eg. scully & (xfiles | x-files) | |
| {...} | - Braces | eg. {monkey monkeying} | |
Keywords can be preceded by the following context operators: | |||
| ~a | - Author | eg. ~a demos@deja.com | |
| ~s | - Subject | eg. ~s chess | |
| ~g | - Newsgroup | eg. ~g alt.love | |
| ~dc | - Creation date | eg. ~dc 1996/12/31 | |