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Searching multiple lists?

frankathl says:
Is it possible to specify a query which will search multiple(but not all lists)? I tried, "list:Personal list:Work...", in the search box, but this will not work. I use the RTM add-on for iGoogle, and would like to be able to exclude certain lists from display.
Posted at 12:22am on March 10, 2008
emily (Remember The Milk) says:
Sure, try:

list:Personal OR list:Work

Full details on advanced search operators are available here.

Hope this helps!
Posted 16 years ago
frankathl says:
Thanks, Emily. Unfortunately, this does not work. For example, I used the following search query:

list:"Shopping List" OR list:Study status:completed

RTM returned all not completed items in Shopping List, and ignored the remainder of the search string. This suggests to me that OR(boolean?) is not recognized?
Posted 16 years ago
emily (Remember The Milk) says:
Try:

(list:"Shopping List" OR list:Study) AND status:completed

(It's best to specifically include OR or AND or NOT between any criteria -- there are some cases where you don't need it, but it never hurts to include it :)

Hope this helps.
Posted 16 years ago
frankathl says:
That seems to work fine! Thanks very much! :--)
Posted 16 years ago
emily (Remember The Milk) says:
No problem :)
Posted 16 years ago
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