Crawl rules : Sharepoint

We run MOSS2007 on one server and have no huge farm or anything. The same
server is the index server.

Question is, do I really need to setup crawl rules and what is the actual
difference between the content sources and the crawl rules. I understand the
exclude part. But if i don't setup an include rule wouldn't everything be
indexed by default then. ???

Thanks for your reply. I have been screwing around to much now so I need to
clear and reset my index tonight as it's not picking up everything and i
think its confused. Now i have taken out all rules and will just reindex
(after clearing and disabling alerts) the whole server. That should do it i
think.

"Hollis Paul" wrote:

> In article <FEEB5D9D-E3D3-47CB-B797-882AA1979C5F@microsoft.com>,
> =?Utf-8?B?ZHJuaWJibGVz?= wrote:
> > But if i don't setup an include rule wouldn't everything be
> > indexed by default then. ???
> >
> Well, you don't have to have inclusion rules, aside from the check box
> in the site creation dialog which adds it to the indexed list, for
> sites that are in your portal. That is sort of the purpose of the
> portal and non-portal content sources. But if you do a content source
> for an external website, or a server share, or other source like a
> blog, then you need an inclusion rule to get the folders you want, and
> exclusion rules to refuse to index specific folders or document types.
> Getting all these parameters to work together properly is quite tricky.
> You may want to check out the following blog entries, on how to index
> a dot-Text blog:
> Crawling a dotText blog—Part 2 - Outlook by the sound
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/obts/archive.../20/71832.aspx - 28 KB
>
> Crawling a dotText blog--Part 5 - Outlook by the sound
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/obts/archive.../21/72069.aspx - 31 KB
>
> Crawling a dotText blog--Part 4 - Outlook by the sound
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/obts/archive.../21/72014.aspx - 32 KB
>
> How to crawl a dotText blog -- Part 1 - Outlook by the sound
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/obts/archive.../19/71690.aspx - 34 KB
>
> Crawling a dotText blog--Part 3 - Outlook by the sound
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/obts/archive.../21/72013.aspx - 27 KB
>
> How to Crawl a Community Server Blog - Outlook by the sound
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/obts/archive...21/441891.aspx - 27 KB
>
> Indexes, Content Sources, Source Groups, Search Scopes… Oh My! - The
> SharePoint Farmer's Almanac
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/shane/archiv.../08/74931.aspx - 31 KB
>
> --
> Hollis Paul
> Mukilteo, WA USA
>
>
>

In article <FEEB5D9D-E3D3-47CB-B797-882AA1979C5F@microsoft.com>,
=?Utf-8?B?ZHJuaWJibGVz?= wrote:
> But if i don't setup an include rule wouldn't everything be
> indexed by default then. ???
>
Well, you don't have to have inclusion rules, aside from the check box
in the site creation dialog which adds it to the indexed list, for
sites that are in your portal. That is sort of the purpose of the
portal and non-portal content sources. But if you do a content source
for an external website, or a server share, or other source like a
blog, then you need an inclusion rule to get the folders you want, and
exclusion rules to refuse to index specific folders or document types.
Getting all these parameters to work together properly is quite tricky.
You may want to check out the following blog entries, on how to index
a dot-Text blog:
Crawling a dotText blog—Part 2 - Outlook by the sound
http://msmvps.com/blogs/obts/archive.../20/71832.aspx - 28 KB

Crawling a dotText blog--Part 5 - Outlook by the sound
http://msmvps.com/blogs/obts/archive.../21/72069.aspx - 31 KB

Crawling a dotText blog--Part 4 - Outlook by the sound
http://msmvps.com/blogs/obts/archive.../21/72014.aspx - 32 KB

How to crawl a dotText blog -- Part 1 - Outlook by the sound
http://msmvps.com/blogs/obts/archive.../19/71690.aspx - 34 KB

Crawling a dotText blog--Part 3 - Outlook by the sound
http://msmvps.com/blogs/obts/archive.../21/72013.aspx - 27 KB

How to Crawl a Community Server Blog - Outlook by the sound
http://msmvps.com/blogs/obts/archive...21/441891.aspx - 27 KB

Indexes, Content Sources, Source Groups, Search Scopes… Oh My! - The
SharePoint Farmer's Almanac
http://msmvps.com/blogs/shane/archiv.../08/74931.aspx - 31 KB

--
Hollis Paul
Mukilteo, WA USA