[thechat] how to best search the archives?

Bird bird at koolfish.com
Fri Apr 12 07:41:01 CDT 2002


Hi Erika,
I was wondering about a company called secpay. Someone on the list
mentioned that they were about to use them and I wanted to know how it
all turned out. Thanks for the advice.

Happy Thai New Year to everyone. Monday and Tuesday is a holiday in
Thailand next week so lovely longgggggg weekend, off to Khao Yai
National Park for a few days.

Lisa



-----Original Message-----
From: thechat-admin at lists.evolt.org
[mailto:thechat-admin at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Erika Meyer
Sent: 11 April 2002 23:47
To: thechat at lists.evolt.org
Subject: Re: [thechat] how to best search the archives?


>Sorry for being a tad dumb but I can never find what I am looking for
>in the list archives.

me neither.

but what are you searching for, exactly?  To find out if a question has
already been asked?

To some extent, evolt people are responsible for making sure their stuff
shows up properly because evolt people are supposed to know how to write
a descriptive subject line.

So I guess since the sub line is important, I would try to anticipate
the sorts of keywords that would/should go in a subject line on the
subject I'm searching on.

Another thing you can try, as you get to know people, is to include the
author in your search.  As you get to know some people's area of
expertise, you could try an author plus the subject you're interested
in.

If I'm looking back for a very specific email, the best luck I have is
if I can remember an unusual phrase or something specific to that post.

Or you can search for tips:
http://www.google.com/search?num=20&hl=en&safe=off&q=tip+author+%3D+erik
a+site%3Alists.evolt.org&btnG=Google+Search

So you can see how important it is for posters to create good subject
lines and how it doesn't hurt to use tip "attributes" subject (or
'type') and author.

Erika


>Unless you remember what the subject line was I can
>never get even close to what I want. Am I missing something? Is there
>some general rules of thumb I should be doing? I read the digest and 6
>months later I know what I know want to know has been discussed before
>but darn it can I find it? What's the best way to approach searching
>the archives? Thanks
>Lisa.

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