On Friday 03 Jan 2003 1:45 pm, Todd Slater wrote: > On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 08:14:40AM +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Friday 03 Jan 2003 7:37 am, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: > > > Mark Weaver wrote: > > > > Hi there, > > > > > > > > I wish I had a dollar, (accounting for the current rate of > > > > inflation), for every time I've seen this need addressed in these > > > > lists. Doesn't anyone read the archives any more? ;) > > > > > > If there was a way to request the archives to send us information by > > > email from a email query I am sure many of us would use the archives. > > > Unfortunately though many of us do not have either permanent or cheap > > > 24/7 connections to the Internet. > > > > > > Hylton > > > > If there were clear links to the archives and an easy way of searching > > them we would use them more. I haven't seen the archives for months - I > > never see any link to them and can't remember the url > > > > Anne > > If you use Mozilla or Phoenix (don't know about NS7) and haven't been > using custom keyword searching, now's the time to learn. > > Just go to any site that has a search (like the newbie archives at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/), enter a dummy > search phrase like "coffee" (no quotes) and bookmark the results page. > > Next, go to Bookmarks > Mangage bookmarks, and look at the properties of > the bookmark you just made. Locate the word "coffee" in the URL and replace > it with "%s" (no quotes). In the keyword field, enter a short phrase > you'll remember; I use "newb". > > Now when I enter "newb boot hang cups" in the address bar I go directly to > the results page of a Mandrake newbie search on "boot hang cups". > Pretty cool! > > I also have custom searches for Freshmeat.net, rpmfind.net, m-w.com, > sourceforge, amazon.com, LDP, google (web, groups, images, and news) and > a few others. Very handy for URL's I'm always forgetting/misplacing.
That sounds excellent. I'll try it. Anne
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