MMario, I don't think that whether an index within the Mudcat is searched or not makes any real difference to my point although I must admit that I am surprised to hear that the list of threads on the main page and the forum search from the quick links use idexes for this purpose as I would have imagined SQL queries on the actual tables, lets call them Threads and Posts respectively more likely.

I am aware that the Super Search does use an indexing system. This is a special index that is built up periodically, presumably by reading through the text in every post and I would guess that the resulting search effectively reads through all this text albiet in a more efficient manner.

Jon