Search for list archive -- ideas?

[Julian Field]

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What does anyone think of Google Groups? Is it possible to use it like
this without everyone on the mailing list also having to belong to
googlegroups?

Julian Field wrote:

> From what I can see there, I would quite like to use their software but
> they make very clear that it is run in their spare time as and when they
> feel like it. I would rather use a rather more "maintained" system if
> possible.
>
> Also, how can I feed them the current list archive? I guess I just email
> them every message.
>
> Peter Verhagen wrote:
>
>> You could look into keeping your existing list service and add the list
>> marc.theaimsgroup.com..
>>
>> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?q=about#Add
>>
>> about: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?q=about#What
>>
>> I've had good success with their interface.
>>
>> Peter Verhagen
>>
>> Julian Field wrote:
>>
>>> It's pretty generally agreed that the mailing list search facility
>>> provided by jiscmail is not much good.
>>> So I'm looking for alternatives.
>>>
>>> The only obvious solution that comes to mind is to use Hypermail to
>>> create a huge list archive, and then possibly use Google to provide the
>>> search facility. But I don't want to break up the archive into separate
>>> months as threads continue over month-boundaries. Alternatively I could
>>> create my own index using some other search software.
>>>
>>> I'm looking for recommendations and ideas for what would be best here!
>>

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