Federico Sevilla III wrote:
>
> Grumble grumble grumble ... too many people aren't reading the archives that Q-
> Linux graciously keeps. Every message sent to PLUG has a footer, and you can
> find archives there. More than once this was answered before on PLUG and the PH
> Linux Newbie forum.
>
> Same goes for that guy asking about virus scanners.
>
> <bad hair day, considering I don't have hair>
>
> > Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at
> > http://plug.linux.org.ph
>
> Grumble grumble grumble ...
>
Hehehe, this really reminds me of muttly...you know that hairy cartoon
dog?
But I disgress.
Jijo, maybe we should encourage the newbies to archive their mail.
I have almost everything from Linux99 to the old PLUG on CD.
I use a simple script very much like "info" that searches the mailboxes,
extracts the line number and feeds the whole thing to vim.
Other times, I use netscape's search mailbox menu.
Either way, I have two years worth of ideas and answers at my
fingertips.
At times, I also get a laugh or two reading the old threads.
I haven't done this before, so I'd want to thank everyone on PLUG who've
contributed a piece of their minds over time.
Many times, I found the answer to a question faster in the archive than
on google, (and before google, deja).
I don't know if it's a good idea, but if we can place the list archives
on CD, would anyone buy it?
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