Jeff,
I really *still* would like to be able to access all of the messages
in the sundial archive by date. I guess I've figured out how to
locate the most recent 10,000, but how to get to the earliest?
Do you find date search useful? For example:
date:1997*
My results from searching the sundial archive:
date:1996* 0
date:1997* 388
date:1998* 1028
date:1999* 1381
date:2000* 4
date:2001* 0
date:2002* 0
date:2003* 0
date:2004* 0
date:2005* 69
date:2006* 0
These results are obviously wrong. The sundial list archive has (or
did have) over 12,000 messages from Feb 1996 to date. It's possible
the 1997-99 numbers are correct, but there's still the big problem of
only getting to see the "first" 100.
Maybe many of your clients need all of the bells and whistles -- I
just need something easy to use.
I think almost everyone wants almost exactly what you do -
something simple and easy to use. We had switch because the
old system was choking on non-English languages. I've never
used (or seen) Eudora, but the idea is to be as simple to
use as the global search engines like Yahoo or Google.
Apropos the Google search engine, I got these results:
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" 1997* 448
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" 1998* 707
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" 1999* 1000
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" 2000* 707
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" 2001* 556
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" 2002* 1000
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" 2003* 259
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" 2004* 42
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" 2005* 8
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" 2006* 1
I can't say these results are any more satisfactory!
That said, I did study computer science in college and I understand
that I may be particularly bad at writing documentation for people
with different backgrounds. This is why outside help is extra
appreciated. Anyway, give us some time to look into the things
mentioned above, and then I'd like to take another pass at the
documentation with your assistance. Once all that is in place, we
can get some additional critiques from other Sundial users. Ok?
I'd be happy to help. If you can put up with my cranky comments, I
can put up with your bumbling efforts to patch the search engine.
;-)
Best wishes,
Mac
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