Gregory Brown
12/13/2005 2:44:00 AM
On 12/12/05, Bill Guindon <agorilla@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/12/05, speechexpert <speechexpert@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > OK - Here's my issue
> > My Outlook Expres is getting bogged down by the 50,000 or so emails I have
> > on Ruby and Rails ml's.
> > I find searching these lists a valuable source of information.
> > I tried to search the archives directly, and my impression is the search
> > engine was slow and unreliable.
> >
> > How do you all solve this problem, since it must be a common issue.
> > ??
>
> Some of us use gmail. It's an excellent way to read lists. Can send
> you an invite if you like.
I use Gmail and generally love it, but two annoying things for anyone
considering using it to view lists:
1) It doesn't thread
2) It sends you a copy of your own messages you've sent, giving the
appearance of double posts.
(unless you set up a filter, then you dont see your posts at ALL
On the good side of things, the search is wonderful and it's very easy
to set up filters for various things. Of course, thunderbird has
good things going for it too, but if you're on many computers in the
course of a day. (I constantly mention that I frequent five different
OSes in the course of a day), having a web based system is great.
You can also search the mailing lists on google groups or ruby-forum.com