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Subject: Re: [Fink-users] Mailing List Issues
From: Alexander Hansen <alexanderk.hansen () gmail ! com>
Date: 2017-10-17 14:31:32
Message-ID: 511CA56D-0EFB-4222-8D7E-279F455778BC () gmail ! com
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> On Oct 17, 2017, at 03:36, Ken Mankoff <mankoff@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> This is my first email to the mailing list (in at least ~5 years, I've been on \
> homebrew that long and just switched back to fink+macports) and I'm using it to \
> point out issues in the mailing list.
> As instructed I'm trying to search the archives before I post a problem. I'm using \
> this page: https://sourceforge.net/p/fink/mailman/fink-users/ \
> <https://sourceforge.net/p/fink/mailman/fink-users/> Unfortunately, when I search, \
> it searches *all* lists. It looks like I can then re-limit it to fink-users again. \
> When I do this, I see emails from ~2002. If I try to sort by date, it goes back to \
> searching *all* lists.
> Am I missing something? Is there a way I can search just fink-users and avoid \
> historical messages?
> Thanks,
>
> -k.
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Ick. That's really annoying.
You might try an auxiliary archive like mail-archive.com <http://mail-archive.com/> . \
Though it might be easier just to do a web search with your topic along with "fink" \
in the search terms.
Failing that, just go ahead and ask. :-)
--
Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
Fink User Liaison
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type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 17, 2017, at 03:36, Ken Mankoff <<a \
href="mailto:mankoff@gmail.com" class="">mankoff@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br \
class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Hi,<div \
class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This is my first email to the mailing list \
(in at least ~5 years, I've been on homebrew that long and just switched back \
to fink+macports) and I'm using it to point out issues in the mailing \
list.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As instructed I'm trying to \
search the archives before I post a problem. I'm using this page: <a \
href="https://sourceforge.net/p/fink/mailman/fink-users/" \
class="">https://sourceforge.net/p/fink/mailman/fink-users/</a> Unfortunately, when I \
search, it searches *all* lists. It looks like I can then re-limit it to fink-users \
again. When I do this, I see emails from ~2002. If I try to sort by date, it goes \
back to searching *all* lists.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Am \
I missing something? Is there a way I can search just fink-users and avoid historical \
messages?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks,</div><div \
class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> \
-k.</div></div>
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class="">Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most<br \
class="">engaging tech sites, <a href="http://Slashdot.org" \
class="">Slashdot.org</a>! <a \
href="http://sdm.link/slashdot_______________________________________________" \
class="">http://sdm.link/slashdot_______________________________________________</a><br \
class="">Fink-users mailing list<br class=""><a \
href="mailto:Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net" \
class="">Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a><br class="">List archive:<br \
class="">https://sourceforge.net/p/fink/mailman/fink-users/<br class="">Subscription \
management:<br class="">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users</div></blockquote></div><br \
class=""><div class="">Ick. That's really annoying. </div><div \
class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You might try an auxiliary archive like <a \
href="http://mail-archive.com" class="">mail-archive.com</a> . Though it \
might be easier just to do a web search with your topic along with "fink" in the \
search terms.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Failing that, just \
go ahead and ask. :-)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> <div \
class="">-- <br class="">Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.<br class="">Fink User \
Liaison</div>
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