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Am I the only guy who can't figure out how to navigate mailing lists archives?

These things are internet hell.




I have a conjecture that I believe explains the high concentration of suck in almost all mailing list archive software.

Let R = { people who read mailing list archives }

Let D = { people who design and implement mailing list archives }

My conjecture: R ∩ D = ∅.


The 'read' view linked to here is pretty cryptic and weird, I agree entirely.

Try the "Messages sorted by: ... [ thread ] ..." link, it gives you a hierarchical view that's pretty understandable / navigable IMO.


I agree. Try searching for the title on gmane.org


Here's the list on gmane: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.cryptography.rando...

Not sure how to link a particular article in that view. The 'direct link' sends you to an article-only page. But the message by the OP appears as the third top-level thread in that view.


The link is http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.cryptography.ran...

You get to that by clicking on the subject in the bottom frame.




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