On Sunday 14 Dec 2003 2:44 am, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > Sometimes we refer newbies to search the archives. Generally that's > a great idea, what with all those recurring questions. But where > are those archives, a "newborn" newbie might ask ? > > Well, the obvious thing to do is to point ones browser to the main > Mandrake site, select "Mailing lists" and carry on. Doing that, one > is directed to : > http://archives.mandrakelinux.com/newbie/ > only to find out, that the latest post is about one month old, and > no search options present. > > Then, googling around, our new friend may find > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-newbie&r=1&b=200312&w=2 > where there is a search option, but also some "filtering", i.e. a > lot of posts get unnoticed. > > Finally, if she/he is lucky, : > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/maillist.html > where things seems to be reasonably _up_to_date_. > > Therefore, I suggest that someone comfortable with the twiki list > (Anne, maybe ?) wrote a short "howto" about searching the archives. > > Kaj Haulrich.
Thanks for that Kaj. Unfortunately I have never found searching the archives as intuitive as people would have us believe. Perhaps it's the way my mind works - OK, I'm wierd, but that's how I am. I wouldn't be the person to do this. Any volunteers? Certainly I'd be glad to see it there. Kaj's message gives a good starting point, I think. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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