I created a "tech tips" folder back when I first joined the list in 2002.
In 6 years I've put 135 posts in that folder.  Usually oddball stuff that
I've never come across in my 25+ years of Vanagon experience.

~19,000 messages is a lot!  My sent messages folder only has ~12,500
messages in it, and that's 8 years worth...

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Robert Fisher
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 12:06 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Too Much (Vanagon) Information; was: Re: California Camper Tops
Vs. VW Camper tops

My 'vanagon hold' folder on my 'puter has 18998 msgs in it. I had this idea
when I joined that I would keep posts with information I thought would be
useful or interesting, and then I started keeping threads in which I had
been involved.

Once upon a time I had an ambition to distill this stuff, as I went along,
into a compendium, sort of my own '(Nearly) Complete List of Vanagon Tips,
Tricks and Facts from the Vanagon List'. Didn't happen. Probably never will.

I need to at least go through and weed out the non-technical stuff and
separate out the working links. For one thing, opening a folder that large
will almost lock up Outlook Express. I figure a half-hour a day for the next
five years should do it, eh? : \

I left my Gmail account working as a backup; most of this stuff predates
that account. I could combine what I want to keep out of the both of them
one way or the other, but I want to have my stash local in case I don't have
internet access for whatever reason.

Cya,
Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jake de Villiers" <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 8:06 AM
Subject: Re: California Camper Tops Vs. VW Camper tops

> As of this morning, my Vanagon Gmail has 18570 posts!
>
> On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 4:57 AM, miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Picassa is a free, user friendly way to organize photos you have in
>> your hard drive. You can also create albums with it, and share them
>> with others, such as this group. You should try it. The Gmail/Picassa
>> combo is a great way to go for managing Gerry. The Google search
>> engine is built into your Gmail inbox so you can easily search your
>> messages. I have over 5000 list messages so, before I search the Gerry
>> archives, I search on my Gmail. You get loads of storage, so you don't
>> have to worry about deleting anything. I have two Gmail accounts. One
>> personal and one dedicated to Gerry and all my other VW shenanigans.
>>
>> Gracias,
>>                     Miguel
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
> 1984 Vanagon GL
> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> Crescent Beach, BC
> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27