Re: [GBlist] archive size

["Mike Rogers" <rogers.mike@verizon.net>]

I'd like to second Speireag's archive comment.  A good archive search
feature would be the single biggest improvement to the list.  There is a
wealth of information in the archives, but finding it is extremely
frustrating, even when you know the posters name, address, and subject.
Improving the archive search feature, one could not only access prior
information, but might also reduce the volume of mail as simple questions be
could researched quickly rather than posted to the list.

-Mike

> ----- Original Message <edited>-----
> From: Speireag Alden <Joshua.M.Alden.91@alum.dartmouth.org>
>
> Sgrìobh Ethan Goldman:
>
>      Alas, I have found the archives to be functionally useless.  On
> occasion I've been unable to find my own posts even when I knew the
> exact subject line.  This is especially frustrating over a slow phone
> line like mine, 'way out at the end of the road.  Fortunately, I have
> a good system for archiving my own sent mail automatically, and I
> save anything remotely of interest for later, so I don't often have
> to use the archives.

<and>

>      In my view, a good archive search is the single best way to
> improve this list's services.  Anything which provides greater access
> to the vast knowledge which this list provides is to the good, and
> there's a great deal of knowledge sitting in those archives.
>
> -Speireag.



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