searching list was Re: starterguide

[Thiers Botelho]

On 6/3/06, Russell Davie <rjrd at exemail.com.au> wrote:

> I don't get a search function for the Ubuntu-Users lists.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/

> Or any of the lists here: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/

> There is no "search" box, so it's not possible to do a simple search let alone a boolean search.
>
> 1)  the lists are only accessible one month at a time
> 2) or one has to download the gziped monthly archives or the entire archive! <groaning and gnashing teeth>
>
> Its a big time wasting challenge to search these lists with the lack "search boxes", so in the end, Google is a quicker solution.
>
> Unless someone can set me straight on this?
>
> - R

I know ot two sites where you can search the content of mailing lists.

1. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/ (but no ubuntu lists are archived in
there, so in this particular case it will be of little help).

2. http://search.gmane.org/ (where ubuntu lists ARE featured). I can
search the ubuntu-users list there with more options than in the
original archives, providing "gmane.linux.ubuntu.user" as the group
designation. It works !

Cheers

Thiers