[Python-ideas] Explanation on how to search the archives

[Christopher Reay]

I have heard two suggestions on how to search the achives

one is:

If you have time to post and discuss an idea, you have time to search
gmane.comp.python.ideas at search.gmane.org and perhaps find out why not to
bother posting.

And the Other:

It's more a matter of working out how to point Google (or the search
engine of your choice) at the archives in a useful way. In this case:
https://www.google.com/search?q=inurl%3Apython-ideas%20site%3Amail.python.org%20embedded%20assignment

This is great information.

Is there a page suggesting how to search archives effectively?
Whilst much of that skill is generic, and clear concise explanation of what
is expected from the polite user of the mailing list (and other Python
mailing lists) could help.

A link to that page could be put in the footer of the python mailing list
emails.. and voila, a very easy thing to reference and get righteous about
people not having read.

What do you think?

Christopher

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