Alan Horkan wrote: > " Add Link to the Archive before Sending to List Members " > > i like this idea, my only worry might be adding to much delay but > we already add junk to user mailing list posts anyway and it does not seem > to cause any problems.
Alan, Thanks for the response, and I'm glad you like this idea. Unfortunately it is currently beyond my capabilities to make such a change myself (which I think would have to be done to the mailing list software, and because I am interested in more than just AbiWord, would probably be need to done for several. Maybe someday I'll find a mailing list for a mailing list program and repeat the suggestion there. > i think we should also add a link to a page soliciting sponsorship/funding > at the bottom of every post to the user mailing list. Sounds good to me! > People should be encouraged to post summaries of long/important > threads and add lots of keywords to make them easier to search for. > Any ways to encourage people to write summary reports would be helpful, in > fact i hereby request that people ask/tell me to summaries any long > threads that i start, or that i post in many times. I agree, and, IMHO, putting them on the TWiki as an FAQ (or even RAQs (Rarely Asked Questions)) would be a good thing to do. If anybody wants to contribute any, let me know and I'll try to help with the simpler infrastructure. (Like making a page like http://www.abisource.com/twiki/bin/view/Abiword/AbiWordFAQ except for AbiWordRAQs (if appropriate). Or, we could have things like UAQ (User Asked Questions), DAQ (Developer Asked Questions), or whatever. > PS remember the brain dump i sent last week? i think the mailing list > archive software could stand to be a bit more flexible, more general data > should make it easier to find what one is looking for as well as making > thinks like summary posts and AWN easier. I saved it, but I'll have to go look at it again. If that was the same one that suggested an FAQ, sorry I haven't got that far yet -- if you have a chance, give it a try yourself. Aside: If you're not registered, let me (or really, Jesper Skov) know if you have a problem registering. About two weeks ago a few people had some trouble registering -- I haven't heard whether a problem was found and fixed or not. regards, Randy Kramer > On Sat, 20 Jul 2002, Randy Kramer wrote: > > I'm looking for better ways to search the mail list archives. > > > > Please see > > http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/SearchingMailListArchives
