Date:         Sun, 14 Dec 2003 12:11:53 -0800
Reply-To:     zolo <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
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From:         zolo <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon list use and generally accepted rules./Rules? What
              Rules???
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How do you find "archive"?  I have looked a few times and found none with
that name.  Where is it?  Am I missing something?
Zoltan


----- Original Message -----
From: "George Goff" <THX0001@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 9:33 AM
Subject: Re: Vanagon list use and generally accepted rules./Rules? What
Rules???


> In a message dated 12/14/03 11:31:00 AM, vwnut@HAWKCOMPUTING.COM writes:
>
> << Why do people waste their time telling me to search the archives?
> If you don't want to share your opinion and knowledge please don't. >>
>
> For more than one reason, it has always bothered me to see people directed
to
> that morass known as the list archive.  An archive is supposed to have
some
> manner of order and ease of use.  And, it is also supposed to be regulated
by
> an archivist.  The list archive has none of these elements, so let's call
it
> what it really is: a data dump.
>
> To direct someone to a furtive and, perhaps, futile search of the list
> archive could mean hours of their precious life whenever their inquiry can
be
> answered by someone spending a few minutes to compose an e-mail.  Replying
to their
> plea for help by condemning them to the "archive" smacks of the kind of
> arrogance which is opposed to the spirit of this list.
>
> Perhaps it is time to totally delete the bloated contents of the list
> "archive" and start anew.
>
> George