On 7/19/05, Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Marsh wrote: > > I can find debian-user postings on google pretty easily by specifying > > "site:lists.debian.org" in my search. Trying a couple of keywords > > that I'd seen recently picked up a posting from last week. > Thanks, and now I remember reading about that method recently, without > grasping its significance. I tried this method with the backuppc-users > thread and unfortunately it doesn't seem to work with lists.sourceforge.net. > Even when it does work, this method requires you to know the name of > any list where your search hits might be located, so I don't know if that's > a real solution or not.
Often the easiest way to find the appropriate site for a mailing list is to search for the list name in your favorite search engine. It's also a great way to find more targetted information, so that if you're looking for information on Spacely Sprockets model X13, you could search for "site:spacelysprockets.com x13" for more authoritative information than searching for "spacely sprockets x13". That still doesn't help if the site has asked not to have a particular useful directory indexed. -- Michael A. Marsh http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~mmarsh http://mamarsh.blogspot.com
