Robert J. Hansen wrote:
> On 05/27/2012 09:20 PM, Hugo Perezcano wrote:
>> I am not sure how the mailing list works. Ho do you look up something or
>> participate in discussions.
>
> Well, you just began a discussion.  :)
>
> With respect to searching, this depends a lot on your level of comfort
> with technology.  I prefer to download the full mail spool from
>
> http://mozdev.org/pipermail/enigmail.mbox/enigmail.mbox

That's since the MozDev folks reset the mailing list servers. the initial 3132
messages may be found in:

http://www.gingerbear.net/download/Orig.Enigmail.List.Archive.mbox.{xz,bz2,zip}

xz  = 1585796
bz2 = 1875732
zip = 2186739
mbox=10468501
>
> ... which provides me with an mbox-formatted copy of every posting to
> the list.  I can then search it with a variety of tools to find what I
> need.  This is sort of an expert option, though, I'll readily admit.

+1 expert

The above and Rob's provide EVERY message posted to the list
>
> So, let me ask: what sort of search are you looking for?  :)

I just use Advanced Search

-John
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