How to Read and Search RTAP Listserv Archives
How to Read Archived Messages
The Messages Page
Ten message threads (groups of messages and their replies) are
displayed at one time. To view more than ten threads at a time,
click on Show More. Repeatedly clicking on Show More will show
greater numbers of threads at a time. Click on Next to see the next
ten mailings, previous to see the last ten. You may change the
sorting order of the threads by clicking the up or down triangles
next to Date, Subject, Replies and Author. By clicking the top
triangle, the sort order will be ascending (a-z); clicking the
bottom arrow makes the sort order descending (z-a).
Date The date this thread started. The date displayed is from
the first message sent to the thread.
Subject The thread's subject. Clicking on the subject will
display all the messages for a message thread.
Replies The number of replies to a message. If 0, there were
no replies to the message. Clicking on this number will show an
overview of the messages sent to this thread. You may then click on
the subject of any particular message to read it.
Author The initial message's author. Click on the author's
name to find out more information about the person who started this
thread. You will be taken to the About this Author Page, which
displays the author's name (if available), the first part of their
email address (the domain is not displayed for privacy's sake), the
messages posted by this member, and the date the author became a
member. From this page, you may view the messages that author has
posted. That page will give you the option to view messages from all
authors.
How to Search the Message Archives
The RTAP listserv allows you to search the message archives. The
basic search allows you to look for particular words used in a
message. The advanced search allows you to specify the location of
the words (in the message header, subject or body) or to exclude
words.
Basic Search:
1. Select a listserv, either in My Forums or All Forums.
2. Select the Search tab.
3. You will be taken to the Search page.
4. Enter the word(s) you'd like to search for. You may separate
words with a space or comma.
5. Select Search. If your search is successful, the next page will
show you the results.
Advanced Search:
1. Select a listserv, either in My Forums or All Forums.
2. Select the Search tab.
3. You will be taken to the Search page.
4. Select Advanced Search.
5. Enter the word(s) you'd like to search for. You may separate
words with a space or comma.
6. Enter the location of the words you're searching for:
Entire Message: anywhere in the message.
Body: In the message body (below the subject line).
Header: In the message header (includes information about the
sender, the subject, etc.).
7. Select whether you want messages with any or all of the words
you've selected.
8. (Optional) Enter the word(s) you'd like to exclude. Messages that
contain these words will not be included in your search results.
9. Enter the location of these words to be excluded:
Entire Message: anywhere in the message.
Body: In the message body (below the subject line).
Header: In the message header (includes information about the
sender, the subject, etc.).
10. Select Search. If your search is successful, the next page will
show you the results.
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