On 02/16/2007 02:28 AM, 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
Use a newsreader instead (Thunderbird will work just fine :-). http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html Scroll down to the start of the list table, right hand column, Newsgroup: news://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.openoffice.questions Simple, easy to keep track of the threads, etc. Basic info on Gmane is here: http://gmane.org/ I see you are using Thunderbird, so: 1. Edit|Account Settings 2. Add Account|Newsgroup account 3. your name, email address etc. 4. Newsgroup Server: news.gmain.org (account name same) 5. Finish 6. Scroll down to the new news server account: news.gmaine.org 7. Right click|Subscribe - let it load all of the groups & click refresh 8. Show items that contain: openoffice 9. Tick the boxes on the right of the groups you want to subscribe to (gmane.comp.openoffice.questions is this one) 10. You'll now see the newsgoups you've just subscribed to under the news.gmane.org folder, click on gmain.comp.openoffice.questions, download 500 headers. Find your subject & msg. Reply to my response. gmane will send you a confirmation email before your message gets postesd - reply to that email & your reply to my post will appear shortly. That's it :-) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
