Hi Esther, This is really useful information. So often, we are encouraged to search the archives, and I've done this, but only searched for text; I didn't know about the ability to just see the original sender's post.
Les On Jan 22, 2013, at 10:15 AM, Esther <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Jessica, > > To shortcut this discussion and get you the information you wanted, I'll tell > you how to quickly find the original post using a search of the Mail Archive > site for this list, and address your comments: > "I did a google search for the site itself and couldn't come up with anything > other than the topic on the list, and couldn't find a link for the site here > after searching through the archive here, unless I've overlooked it. > Have I miseed something?" > > 1. Either bookmark or create a desktop URL link to the Mail Archive list for > this site: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/ > > 2. At that web page, type a search into the text box and then press return. > In this case I'll used an advanced options that I normally don't use: > blindy.tv -Re > > (the hyphen before the "Re" means that I don't want to include any replies in > the search results) > > 3. As soon as I press return, there are two links on the page, and a short > excerpt from the text of the original message with the date and the poster. > The first link has the post subject: > Blindy.tv - Please spread the word about it > > 4. Activate that link (VO-Space) and you can read the entire initial post. > You can copy the link address and paste it into your email. On a Mac I use > Command-L to go to the address bar of Safari followed by Command-C to copy. > Then I switch applications to mail with Command-Tab and paste in the URL with > Command-C: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg79836.html > > 5. If you visit that link you can read the original post. On the Mac you > can also read down the thread by pressing Control-N to read the next post in > the thread and Control-P to read the previous post in the thread. On another > operating system and browser substitute the appropriate access key in place > of the Control key. For example, for Internet Explorer on Windows, you can > use Alt-N to read the next message in the thread and Alt-P to read the > previous message. > > You can find out more about searching the Mail Archive at their FAQ page: > http://www.mail-archive.com/faq.html#search > > Here's another brief summary of the hot keys pasted in from an old post: > > The default view displays messages by content in threaded order. You > can switch between threaded order and chronological order with > shortcut keys, and also use shortcut keys to navigate and read the > posts in either mode. Here are the shortcuts for Safari: > > Control-n (Next) Later message by thread > Control-p (Previous) Earlier message by thread > Control-f (Forward) Later message by date/time > Control-b (Back) Earlier message by date/time > Control-i (Index) Display chronological (time-ordered) list view > Control-c (Content) Display threaded (content-ordered) list view > > These access key shortcuts make it easy to read through posts. Lists > archived at the Mail Archive site can also be searched -- just > navigate to the text box, input your search terms, and press return. > > This search feature is much better than using the Google Groups page! > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Jan 22, 2013, at 4:45 AM, Jessica Moss wrote: > >> How do I access the channels themselves so I can find what I actually want >> to watch? I like the idea of the service, but at the moment find it really >> confusing. >> On Jan 22, 2013, at 9:31 AM, Matt Dierckens wrote: >> >>> Hi Jessica. >>> The mp3 files are the different channel playlists. :) >>> Also, Could whoever posted to me off list about blindy.tv, could you plesae >>> re-send the email? >>> Thanks. :) >>> Matt >>> Sent from my mac >>> Twitter: matt692 >>> >>> On 2013-01-22, at 7:20 AM, Jessica Moss <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I've tried going to the link provided, and when it launched in Itunes, all >>>> it did, besides play the random files, was give me a list of unnamed files >>>> that were simply called "drama.mp3, comedy.mp3, etc." I did a google >>>> search for the site itself and couldn't come up with anything other than >>>> the topic on the list, and couldn't find a link for the site here after >>>> searching through the archive here, unless I've overlooked it. >>>> Have I miseed something? >>>> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
