On Sat, 10 Nov 2001, Paul Makepeace wrote:
> Way back in 1999 there was a series of conversations that went
> something like:
>
> A: Where/what is the configuration sample Cxyz mentioned in the FAQ?
>
> B: Look in the FAQ (it's in a compressed tarball on an FTP site)
>
> A: Ah ha, thanks, but it's a pity it's not a link, perhaps even just
> to that explanatory paragraph!
>
> B: That (the former idea) would be hard because it's a tarball.
>
> In 2001 it appears to be the same situation. Not only that, the FAQ is
> now weighing in at 380KB of HTML. The downside of this is it's a pain to
> download over a slow link, taxes some browser's rendering capabilities
> but most frustrating (IMO, and I think this is the cause) is it has
> never for me usefully appeared in google, even though the FAQ, C, & F
> info -- when I've gone through the rigmarole of obtaining and opening it
> -- has provided enough for me to solve my problems.
>
> Can I propose,
>
> * splitting the FAQ into separate pages for each section (there are
> plenty of open source tools to help manage files & FAQ websites)
As long as a single-file version is kept as well.
>
> * putting the config samples online.
This would make browsing them much easier.
>
> I am more than happy to help to the extent of doing all the grunt work,
> including writing any scripts necessary to perform any conversion/
> house-keeping.
>
> Cheers,
> Paul
>
> PS This is a resend. It was originally cc'ed to Nigel,
> postmaster[at]exim.org
>
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