With a bit of reluctance I'll announce that this list now has a searchable
web-based archive at http://listquest.com, under the Hobbies/cars link
So, if your internet service includes web capability, give it a try.
The reason for the reluctance is that this is a commercial site. I do NOT
like having to wade through a bunch of advertising to get to useful info,
but so it goes. Not everyone can be like me and provide many hours of
service for no compensation. Well, maybe a little bit of compensation now
and again, wonder if a search for "rats + coffee" at the above site will
find the article I'm thinking about, or if I only sent it to a few lists.
I was working on providing such a service here, but it was taking a long time
to get set up, and deal with various access issues. So I basically just
gave up and will let these folks do it for a while. Just another step in the
direction of having your computer be just like your TV, but without all those
annoying programs to interrupt the commercials.
It was nice to be able to just browse through the archives in monthly
chunks, without having to search for anything specific. A good way
for newcomers to get a feel for the flavor of the list, but we can live
without that feature. Who knows, maybe someday I'll get back to that
project. But for now, I'm more than busy enough with just the basic,
bare bones list administration stuff. If I did get a big batch of free
time, I might just use it to actually read some of these lists!
Anyway, try out the searchable archives, they should have all the list
mail from the beginning, except for a small window between when I sent them
a copy of the archives and when the archiver subscription started. I'll send
them the missing messages RealSoonNow.
And stay tuned, eventually all the original british-cars list mail will
be available also.
mjb.
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