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Date:         Sat, 29 Nov 2008 08:39:36 -0800
Reply-To:     Luke Bakken <luke.bakken@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Luke Bakken <luke.bakken@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Using Google Groups to archive messages
Comments: To: "Peter R. Guerzenich Small" <prgsmall@mac.com>
In-Reply-To:  <0617F3E0-5B4F-4296-9712-2BB162B546C3@mac.com>
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That is an excellent idea.

On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 8:16 AM, Peter R. Guerzenich Small <prgsmall@mac.com> wrote: > Hi Volks, > > This morning, I did a search through the archives, and once again, it > timed out before the search completed. I would like to put forward > the following proposal, which will improve the searchability of the > archive going forward and will not change the current operation of the > list one iota. > > Google groups has the ability to subscribe to an existing list and > then archive all of the posts that come to that list on google > groups. It does not take over the list, but rather acts as a list > member. It then provides a way to easily search the posts that it > has. Currently, Google groups does not support transferring of old > messages into its archive, but may at some point in the future, which > would be really useful. > > I think this would be a good addition to the list and one that will > make it much easier to search in the future. > > What do you all think? > > Peter > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to > + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON > + in the body of the message. > ------------------------------------------------------------ >

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