[Mailman-Users] But really now. HTDig...

[Richard Barrett]

On Friday, August 22, 2003, at 11:45  pm, Warren Woodward wrote:

> ...sucks.  We all know this.  We've all tried fruitlessly to find
> back archives of this very list and failed masterfully.  We've 
> installed
> it on our servers only to field hours of complaints from users who 
> think
> it *must* be broken because a search for "Jims recipe" turns up links 
> to
> pet photos.
>
> So the question is, what else is there?  Anything?  I'm scared to ask,
> because I'm fairly certain that htdig is being pushed for lack of 
> anything
> better.
>

Why not search the Mailman FAQ. You will probably find 
http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.011.htp, 
which page offers other options than htdig.

Of course, Mailman being Open Software and you being a clever person, 
you are always free to integrate some other, superior search-engine and 
contribute your experience to the community.

> Forgive me if I missed a prior conversation on this matter.

Always worth searching the searchable mailman-users archive (see link 
at bottom of this email) but as the Mail Archives uses htdig you will 
probably judge the results as inadequate.

> I often skim
> over this list's mail on busy days, and I'd try searching the archives
> but..... well.  You know.
>
> Please discuss.

Contribution: we are all welcome to our own opinion, no matter how 
irrational it is.

>
> p.s. I've been asked (at virtual gunpoint) to request that we have 
> dates
> added to archive menus.  Any thoughts on this?
>
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