<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>You can either store your information in a database format under individual topics such as this using Microsoft Access or the likes</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:001301c743aa$6ab64560$0100007f@Aspire" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>or a far more effective way is to store your posts in folders and subfolders in Outlook Express inbox. This way you keep all the attachments and pictures.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:001401c743aa$6ac22c40$0100007f@Aspire" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Over the years I have accumulated over 4000 Pianotech digests which translates to about 50,000 emails and takes up hardly any space on the hard drive, in my case 350 Mb.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>AF</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT></STRONG> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Alan McCoy" <</FONT></STRONG><A href="mailto:ahm@webband.com"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>ahm@webband.com</FONT></STRONG></A><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: "'Pianotech List'" <</FONT></STRONG><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></STRONG></A><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 6:39 AM</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: RE: managing Pianotech content information</FONT></STRONG></DIV></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG></DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>> Or you can create a bunch of folders matching your sensibilities. Like in<BR>> the attached doc. Relying on the archives is IMO not all that effective,<BR>> given that the  subject lines are often an unreliable indicator of the<BR>> actual content of the message. You can search the archives in several ways<BR>> (thread, author, date), but you will often miss what you are looking for.<BR>> Then again you can often stumble across something else interesting. Or not.<BR>> <BR>> Alan<BR>> <BR>> --Alan McCoy, RPT<BR>> Inland Northwest Chapter<BR>> Spokane, WA<BR>> </FONT></STRONG><A href="mailto:ahm@webband.com"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>ahm@webband.com</FONT></STRONG></A><BR><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>> <BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From: </FONT></STRONG><A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</FONT></STRONG></A><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf<BR>> Of John M. Formsma<BR>> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 4:14 PM<BR>> To: Pianotech List<BR>> Subject: managing Pianotech content information<BR>> <BR>> How do you guys group the info that comes through the list so it's <BR>> relevant to your individual needs?  How do you make it like your own <BR>> personal "Tips & Tricks" that you can review at any time? <BR>> <BR>> I've been saving individual emails in threads, but they get buried <BR>> quickly if I save a number of posts. And I don't take time to sift <BR>> through them when I have 200+ emails that aren't arranged in any <BR>> particular order.<BR>> <BR>> Possibilities:<BR>> 1. Save them in a document and bookmark them by having a "Table of <BR>> Contents" thing with hyperlinks to the relevant text.<BR>> 2. Hyperlink to the archives and name the link something like "Aluminum <BR>> rail, stripped."<BR>> <BR>> If I use hyperlinks to the archives (which is what I'd like to do), will <BR>> the archives' info always retain that info at the same place? For <BR>> example, if I direct the hyperlink to <BR>> </FONT></STRONG><A href="http://www.ptg.org/archives/relevant-info"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>www.ptg.org/archives/relevant-info</FONT></STRONG></A><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>, will that "relevant-info" always be <BR>> stored there, or do things get renamed after a number of years?<BR>> <BR>> Thanks in advance,<BR>> <BR>> JF<BR>></FONT></STRONG></BODY></HTML>