[TIP] browse and search archives offline

[Ken Grunke]

I've seen occasional postings about the lack of a direct search function for 
the archives, and offer this solution:
I downloaded the text archives of the general and newbie lists, and dropped 
them into the mail folder of KMail. Since they are in mbox format, each month 
shows up as a folder in KMail, and assumably in many other email clients--and 
can be viewed by individual messages just like any mail. Cool! Now I don't 
have to browse the archives online with a 56k connection, and no search 
function other than Google. Using KMail's local search function is 
light-years ahead of the internet, unless you're on DSL.
I thought I could organize everything into actual directories, but of course 
that didn't work--they didn't show up in KMail. 
So I created a folder for each list within KMail, and subfolders for each 
month. Then used "Message-->Move to" menu to put everything in place.
A fast way to look for a possible solution to a problem before posting a 
question that's already been asked.

Ken