[TheForge] okay i am bored so here is an offer

[Mark Williams]

Terry & Steve,

I think an archive already exists on the website of the IP that supports 
theforge. I could be wrong but you could check before you do much work.

Mark
Snow Hill, Maryland
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Smith" <sos at alum.mit.edu>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 5:00 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] okay i am bored so here is an offer


>
>
> Terry L. Ridder wrote:
>
>> hello;
>>
>> okay, it is the holiday season and nothing is going
>> to happen till some time next year the the numerous
>> court trials so i am bored. it has been several years
>> since ron reil edited theforge and created several
>> 'the best of theforge' zipped archives. since i am
>> a prisoner here for the winter months i was thinking
>> that i could do something useful like create a faq
>> for theforge. i was also thinking of creating an
>> index of the theforge archives. any thoughts, input, comments, 
>> suggestions, etc
>> are welcomed.
>
> I think an archive is incredibly useful. I'm not sure how necessary a faq 
> is (if we have an archive). We don't seem to have enough messages asking 
> the same questions to be a problem.
>
> I realize an email's subject line isn't very accurate, but indexing on 
> subject would allow automating the data collection. This could be 
> something always available up to current date, while a more intelligent 
> archive (such as Ron put together) only happens when a brave soul steps 
> forward.
>
> Another thought is simply collecting all of TheForge's mail and using an 
> email search program to let users find what they want. This has the 
> advantage of not taking anything like the effort of what Ron did. A 
> drawback: I don't know if there is an "email search program" which works 
> well. Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 talks about searches, but I don't know how 
> well it works, not having tried it. This could be really useful *and* easy 
> to set up if the software is there. Google desktop search prefers 
> Microsoft products (although you have to wonder if the other shoe is going 
> to drop soon, they are rumored to be working with the Firefox folks).
>
> My random thoughts,
> Steve
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