New Maps - Lexicon Surrey Essay.

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 108215

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <asian_lovr2 at y...> 
wrote:

Asian_lovr2:
 
> Side Note/Slightly Off-Topic:
> 
> I have frequently searched old posts to compile short link lists to
> threads on particular subjects, and I've noticed what I guess I 
always
> new, there is a lot of great, insightfull knowledge contained in 
this
> group. The problem is accessing it. With over 100,000 posts and 
Yahoo
> miserable search capability, I have a hard time finding even my own
> old posts. I've considered the idea of a volunteer group to index 
the
> entire HP4GU site, but that's a massive undertaking.
> 

Geoff:
Another thought along the same line. Some of you have commented on my 
familiar opening sentence "May I direct your attention to message 
XXXX". The secret of my doing this is that, when I had been on the 
group a few weeks and discovered the "miserable search capability" I 
started to compile my own archive of posts which I had sent. Not as a 
piece of narcissism but so that when a topic came up about which I 
had written something in the past, I could quickly find my posts and 
then access the main thread. It took a bit of work to set up but now 
I merely add on a post as it is published and it has proved an 
invaluable resource.