[pct-l] How to search the archives

[Kevin Cook]

Thanks asabat!

I knew about the ability to search within a domain via Google, but I didn't
know what domain to use. I broke down and started downloading the archives
last night and used Agent Ransack to search them. It worked, but not well.
:)

On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 5:25 AM, Clint Kaul <clintkaul at gmail.com> wrote:

> Kevin,
>
> The common wisdom is explained by Asabat below.
>
> Cheers, clint
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: AsABat <asabat at 4jeffrey.net>
> Date: Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 11:09 PM
> Subject: [pct-l] How to search the archives
> To: Rebekah David <rebekahedavid at gmail.com>
> Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
>
>
> To search the archives, I use Google, then enter the following in the
> search
> box:
>
> site:mailman.backcountry.net/pipermail/pct-l something
> replacing "something" with what you want to search for. Make sure there's a
> space before your something.
>
> Or this link might work:
>
> http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=site%3Amailman.backcountry.net%2Fpipermail%2Fpct-l
>
> and then enter a space and what you are searching for.
>
> BTW, this works with all sites!
>
> AsABat
>
> On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Rebekah David <rebekahedavid at gmail.com
> >wrote:
> > Hi there, I'm fairly new to the list (>2 months) and I can't figure out
> how
> > to search the archives... I see the link (
> > http://mailman.backcountry.net/pipermail/pct-l/) to the actual archives
> > themselves, but no search function... Do I need to just go through each
> one
> > manually? Or is there something I'm missing?
> >
> > I'm specifically wondering about how long a stretch without resupply is
> > reasonable and what other people have done. I'm not as concerned with
> > weight
> > as most people on this list seem to be, but obviously 4 weeks @ 2 lbs of
> > food a day + water in the desert would be a bit difficult for anyone...
> >
> > Again, if this subject has been covered extensively, just ignore me (or
> > point me in that direction!)
>