On Saturday 08 July 2006 22:15, Todd Zullinger wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > Archives are not always easy to search. > > I agree that it could be improved. The default mailman generated > archives have no search feature at all, which is something that's > frequently requested on the mailman-users list. > > One way that the mailman-users list helps direct list members to a > good archive search is by including it in the footer for each message: > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Mailman-Users mailing list > Mailman-Users@xxxxxxxxxx > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users > Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py > Searchable Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/tmz%40pobox.com > > It might be helpful if something similar was added to the fedora-list > footer, or at least to the listinfo page so that new users could find > it easier. > Absolutely. That 'Searchable Archives' link would be invaluable. > Another handy trick you can use with google that many people may not > be aware of is to use the inurl tag. To search this list using > google, you could add this to your query: > > inurl:www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/ > I'll try that. > Of course, adding a link to search and read the archives doesn't mean > that most people will bother to do so before posting. Unfortunately. > No, especially complete newbies, but it would be a great help to those of us that do know and try to find things. Anne
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