On Aug 18, 2011, at 1:10 PM, Peter Pearson wrote: > On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:15:59 -0400, gene heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote: > [snip] >> What is wrong with the mailing list only approach? > > In the mailing-list approach, how do I search for prior discussions > on a subject? (I'm not particularly opposed to the mailing list, > I'm just an NNTP follower worried about the uncertainties of change.)
I use a Google search like this: site:mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/ banana Although that has its own issues, as not all messages seem to make it to that list (or they have the X-No-Archive bit set?) Cheers P -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list