Re: Anagram for Topica
- Posted by Ken Rhodes <ken_rhodes30436 at yahoo.com> Aug 26, 2003
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Topica's search facility is not very good, and only includes the past year of messages. Use the RDS search at http://www.rapideuphoria.com/listserv.htm --- Rangi <totorangi at hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Trying to find the answer to the previous post has > convinced me that > until Topica arranges posts by threads, it will be > frustratingly useless > as an archive. This is so disappointing when there > is such a wealth of > information buried in old posts. It should be a > treasure trove for > newbies but is currently more of a turn off. > > I don't see the need for a separate forum as that > only splits everyones > attention and the sum of the parts is usually less > than the whole. The > current attempt at a separate forum is functionally > nice but the colours > make it terrible to read and I hate not being able > to see everything in > one list. The EU community is small enough that all > threads can easily > be digested in one glance. Having categories and > sections just makes > posts more invisible. > > Topicas reliability is miserable but the basic > layout would be fine if > the posts were arranged by thread. The way > traditional newsgroups > appear, in say outlook, works brilliantly for > smallish lists. > > Now who can suggest the "best" anagram for TOPICA. > Something along the > lines of this one for FORD (Fix Or Repair Daily). > > Cheers > Rangi > > > > > TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. > FREE! > > >