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[Steve Johnson]

Great!

By the way I should say that I love this list and all the good 
information that I have gotten here from experienced installers. What a 
fantastic resource.

I did start saving ind. emails a couple of months ago.  Just don't have 
older ones.

Steve


Michael Welch wrote:
> 
> Hi gang. If you have any questions or comments about the stuff below, 
> please contact me OFF list.
> 
> I want you to know that last week we got the go-ahead to move the Wrench 
> listserver, including all the archives.
> 
> Here is what we are looking at:
> Having our own domain, re-wrenches.org (note my From: email address)
> Using Mailman as our listserver
> Moving the Biographies from Sharkey's site to our own
> Adding a file up- and download area for file sharing among list members
> Making the move as seamless as possible for you all
> 
> And future possibilities:
> Moving the RE-Bitching list
> Offering our hosting to Bill Roush for the RE-Markets list
> Starting a new thermal-wrenches list
> Adding a Wrench Wiki
> Offering anybody that needs it an re-wrenches.org email address
> 
> There are still some technical issues involved, including:
> Putting the archives in a format that Mailman can use (need a RegExp 
> expert)
> Figuring out how to use one login and password for all functions of the 
> site
> 
> Home Power loves sponsoring this community, and we want to do it right 
> and make it look good. So, because of the tech and aesthetics parts of 
> this migration, I cannot give you an exact time that we will be finished 
> and ready to go, or even if all three of the main features will be ready 
> at once. But I did want you to know that we are working on it.
> 
> Steve is right, Topica's search feature has been broken for several 
> months, and was spotty before that. Also, the digest function has been 
> broken since sometime late fall. Topica's free list service has become 
> their "ugly stepchild" and receives little attention from their staff 
> anymore -- not that it was ever fantastic, but for a long time it was 
> the best around.
> 
> Mark's idea is one that many of us have been using for years. I have ALL 
> the past messages in Eudora (est. Oct. 1999: 23,586 messages not 
> including this one), and my Wrench mailboxes will become the basis for 
> the archives at the new host.
> 
> Mark Frye wrote at 07:21 AM 2/15/2008:
>  
> >If you set up Topica to send you every new post by email, you can 
> >organize
> >all the Wrenches emails into a single folder and then use your email 
> >program
> >to run searches.
> >
> >Mark Frye
> >Berkeley Solar Electric Systems
> >271 Vistamont Dr
> >Grass Valley CA 95945
> >(530) 401-8024
> >www.berkeleysolar.com
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Steve Johnson
> >
> >I guess the search feature doesn't work?
> >Also if you want to see a message from a few months ago you have to hit 
> >the previous message button about a hundred times?
> >
> >Steve 
> 
> 



Steve Johnson
LightWave Solar Electric
Nashville, Tennessee


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