[mythtv-users] Archive Searching

Adam Bodnar ambodnar at gmail.com
Fri Sep 9 18:38:10 UTC 2005


Gmail is a godsend for mailing lists.

Whenever I'm looking up something on mythtv, I just type the keywords
in and I got all the messages that word was used in.

And sure the archives are only back till you subscribed the email
address, but frankly most questions get rehashed at least once a month
if not more.

On 9/9/05, Tom E. Craddock Jr. <sigtom at sigtom.com> wrote:
> DSanchez wrote:
> 
> >
> > On 9/9/05, *Greg Estabrooks* <greg at phaze.org <mailto:greg at phaze.org>>
> > wrote:
> >
> >     > searching several months at one time?
> >
> >
> >     Try the Gossamer archives.
> >
> >     http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/
> >
> 
> >     <http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users>Wouldn't
> >     a regular web forum be easier for people to find what they are
> >     looking for?
> >     Sorta like the one used by Linuxnewbie.org
> >     <http://Linuxnewbie.org> or linuxquestions.org
> >     <http://linuxquestions.org>?
> >
> >     Just a thought.
> >
> 
> 
> 
> 
> This has been hashed out so many times on this list.  No, it wouldnt,
> why make everyone search thru forums, sub forums, find where there post
> goes ..is it ivtv or is it mythtvfrontend or mythtvbackend related, get
> the idea?  Email is easier to use, no membership needed, no PMs, just
> straigh up email, read the subject and you know what the topic is,  and
> theres a searchable archive, searchable just like any forum would have.
> Dont fix it if it aint broken.
> 
> Tom
> 
> P.S.  Top posting is evil, you read from top to bottom, not bottom to
> top, the info flows from top down.
> 
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