[Mailman-Developers] Opening up a few can o' worms here...

[J C Lawrence]

On Wed, 17 Jul 2002 03:28:31 -0400 
Barry A Warsaw <barry@zope.com> wrote:

>>>>>> "JCL" == J C Lawrence <claw@kanga.nu> writes:

JCL> I don't supply mboxes (or any other raw form of my archives).
JCL> Providing mboxes or some other off-line form of the archives is the
JCL> most common archive-related request I receive.

> I'd like to better understand the motivation for those requests.  In
> my cases I think it's because Pipermail archives don't give you two
> important things: posting replies via the web, and the ability to
> forward archive messages to an email address.

Note: I don't use pipermail and my archives do support posting replies
to the list via the web.  (Details are in the FAQ) I don't currently
support sending the original of an archives messages to a specified
address.

The most common (almost 100%) reasoning given for wanting an off-line
for is easy of searching and reference.

>>> Any chance you could make it down to DC for a side trip?  We could
>>> have a Mailman hacking sprint over a few dozen steamed Maryland blue
>>> crabs and some cold ones. :)

JCL> You might just drag me out to the other coast with offers like
JCL> that.

> August and September are prime crab-pickin' months y'know, and even
> though they're expensive this year, I'm not adversed to a quick
> morning hop down to the Eastern Shore for a bushel of jumbos. :)

Hehn.  I'm originally from the Balitmore area.  Me and my gut know
munchin' crabs quite well.


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J C Lawrence                
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