On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:28:43 +1300 Roland Sapsford wrote: > Hi > > I am genuinely trying to make a transition to Open Source but I am > quite challenged by the need to stay subscribed to a list that now > comprises 8000+ messages in the relatively short time since I joined. > I keep the message so that I can try and use the list as a searchable > resource rather than just email blindly to it, but this is becoming > impractical. > > I am sure you get asked this all the time but why a list rather than a > wiki or something similar. Most other open source material I use has a > wiki-based help system that is (relatively) easy to search. If there > is a searchable archive of these messages somewhere that would also do > the trick but I have only been able to locate bug reports so far. > > A pointer to the last time you answered this dumb question would be > greatly appreciated ;-) > > All the best > Roland Sapsford >
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