Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Puptcrit collective (tech?) handbook
To: puptcrit-driftline.org-AT-lists.driftline.org
Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 11:55:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: "malgosia askanas" <ma-AT-panix.com>


> Some days ago I was searching in the archives of the list for some older > messages of technical questions-answers and then I wondered why don't > "we" produce an e-handbook indexing all the past messages of Puptcrit. > Only a good search machine is needed which would allow the user to look > for  combinations of keywords. I am not an expert but I supose that if > one had all past messages on a CD, he could use even the simple "Find" > command of Windows. Much better if the whole thing was organised with > MsAccess or any other data base software giving more possibilities and a > more user-friendly interface.

But also, if anybody can suggest a good Web-directed search engine that is 
inexpensive, runs on Unix, and permits complex searches, I could simply install
it on the archive at driftline.org.  

> I personally would undertake such a job, but I think that through the > internet I don't have access to the old archives of the list (before it > moved to its new server) - DO THEY STILL EXIST somewhere ?.

Yes, of course.  You can access them via the web through www.driftline.org,
and you can get the raw data from me by asking.  The total size of the data
is about 40 MB.

-m
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