Subject: Re: Searchable list archives
To: Ty Sarna <tsarna@endicor.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: current-users
Date: 02/24/1998 10:29:07
On Tue, 24 Feb 1998 12:32:45 -0600 (CST)
Ty Sarna <tsarna@endicor.com> wrote:
> One thing NetBSD _really_ needs is searchable list archives. I know
> flame.org used to have them, but apparently that's been disabled. Since
> nobody has taken up the project, how about getting one or more of the
> commercial list archivers to do it?
>
> findmail.com and reference.com currently have incomplete (both timewise
> and in terms of which lists) archives. Perhaps we could convince one or
> both to pick up all the lists, and also take the old archives and load
> 'em up as well? In exchance for a free link from www.netbsd.org, they
> might go for it.
I'm currently working on this issue; I have a 432MHz AlphaPC 164 set
aside to be a mail + searchable archive server. I expect this to take
off in March.
Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov
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