so why don't you save Civilme's posts as html files, and post them on a free 
website like geocities?. 

On Tuesday 11 September 2001 14:12, you had thoughts to the concept of:
> I do something similar to what you are talking about. I roll my own help
> files, by saving those posts that I think will be of any help in the
> future. In the open source spirit, I read them or at least skim over
> them enough to get an idea of what to title them. I then save them as a
> file (with my new title and the ext _info). What you are suggesting, is
> probably not going to happen and even if it did, I would continue to
> make my own titles, so that they will have *my*  idea of what they
> should be titled, rather than someone elses. After all, *I* will be the
> one that has to find it when I need it.
>
> ShalomOut
>    Chal
>
> Elder PCUSA
> Registered Linux user #217118
>
> Idea.listBT wrote:
> >Hi all
> >
> >As a 'taker' from this group rather than a contributer I suppose I have
> > got a cheek commenting here. I do so in the hope that one day I might
> > have learned enough to be able to contribute :-)
> >
> >I find this list very helpful in my struggle to learn Linux and even
> > though some of the topics are rather advanced for me at the moment I save
> > them all for future reference as, I am sure, many others do.
> >
> >The big problem is that, as a reference-archive, it sometimes stinks - wth
> >subject headers such as 'Lets go' and 'Nearly got it'
> >
> >Why not pay this superb list the respect it deserves by supressing the
> >comedian that lurks inside all of us and *always* use a meaningfull
> > Subject description. Then, even in years to come, we could fairly easily
> > find some obscure technical solution or whatever. All elementary really.
> >
> >If you disagree (perhaps you believe that Linux *should* be as difficult
> > as possible to learn and that even these helpfull messages should be
> > cryptic) then fair enough. I'm sorry I mentioned it.
> >If, on the other hand, you feel that we might all benefit from this
> >brilliant suggestion then why not give it a try.
> >Oh yes - and tell a friend :-)
> >
> >Incidently, it's normal to courteously ask someone not to use HTML so why
> >not ask them to use a meaningfull header line for future posts.
> >
> >Anything to make life easier.
> >
> >Dave S.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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