Re: ccing

[Paul Scott <paslist@ultrasw.com>]

Chris Metzler wrote:

> On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 14:22:03 -0700
> Paul Scott <paslist@ultrasw.com> wrote:
>  
>
> > s. keeling wrote:
> >    
> >
> > > > <>3. I also check lists.debian.org and I bet a lot of people do.
> > > > Everyone forgets from time to time. Many never check. 
> > > >        
> > I never check.  I Google instead.  I tried checking list archives a long
> > time ago and found it terribly inefficient.  Is there some other 
> > efficient way to search lists.debian.org that I don't know about?
> >    
>
> Yeah, googling with an additional qualitifer of "site:lists.debian.org"
> or something like that.  The disadvantage is that you don't get
> the ability to search on date ranges and stuff like that, which
> using the search engine provided by Debian for the mailing lists
> gives you. 
Actually I have not been there for a while and had not seen the somewhat 
subtle link:
Our list archives can also be searched 
<http://lists.debian.org/search.html>.  That's why I asked.  I now have 
that page bookmarked and I will start using it.

> The advantage is that Google finds a lot of stuff
> that the Debian search engine misses.
>
> But either way, do search the lists, even if it seems inefficient for
> you, as an act of kindness/respect towards the people you'd like to
> help you.
>  
That's never been the issue.  I actually have a rather large collection 
of email from each of the Debian lists I am subscribed to and I can 
search those locally with Thunderbird which I do before posting about 
anything I think might have been discussed.

Thanks,

Paul