Using Spotlight and file tags on older systems

I use a Macbook Pro on a daily basis which runs Yosemite, and I also archive a lot of media files on a small Mac Mini server which runs Snow Leopard. Due to hardware limitations, I can not install any newer operating system on the server. On my laptop, I make heavy use of tagging which is tremendously helpful for keeping stuff organized. When I move files over to the server, I'm pleasantly surprised to see that the tags don't disappear from the file metadata. However, if I do a Spotlight search on the server and search by tag, the results come up empty. The most likely explanation for this is because Finder (on my laptop) is using the Mac Mini's Spotlight deamon to conduct a query and the Mac Mini has no idea what tags are. My question is this: Is there a way that I can get Spotlight on my laptop to index the drive on the Mac Mini server without depending on the server's Spotlight deamon?

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It's been moved and seconded. Any discussion? Yes:
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http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/javaserverpages/emailapps/

First, you should not take copyrighted code and post it without a copyright.
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