Why Search the RC E-mail Discussion Group
Archives?
- You recall seeing a key piece of information
awhile back but did not save the email
- You are new to the list and want to
see what people have discussed before
on a particular topic (this is a common
courtesy if you are about to ask a question
which may have been answered before)
- You are doing some research on a particular
topic
Go to The Resource Center E-mail Discussion Group Website
Go to the e-mail discussion group website
at: http://lists.etr.org/read/ which will take you to the All Forums page.
Some lists allow you to search the
archives without subscribing ,
while others allow access only to subscribers.
For the purposes of this exercise, please
choose an "open" group such
as nssctalk (Senior Corps). Enter the Archives
Choose the group you
would like to read from the list provided
by clicking the name of the list, such as
NSSCTalk. (Click the show more > button to see the whole list.)
Some groups will require you to log-in
at this point. (Log-in to your account with
your e-mail (and password if you have one).
Click OK.)
In the upper right corner, you can now
see the forum (or e-mail group area) that you
are in, and you will be on the Messages tab for that specific group. Search With Keyword(s)
To search click on the
Search tab, and enter a term into the search
box and click "Search." For best
results, choose a one or two word term.
Too many search terms makes it unlikely
that you will get any results. Narrow Your
Search
Use the Advanced Search
to narrow your search. You can search on
any or all of your search terms, and search
within the entire message, the body of the
message or the header only. You are also
able to exclude certain words. |
