On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 10:47:55PM -0700, J C Lawrence wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Jul 2002 22:34:51 -0700
> Chuq Von Rospach <chuqui@plaidworks.com> wrote:
> > What happens when someone sees an address in the archive six months
> > from now and needs to contact that author?
>
> Is that really a valid and interesting case that can't be (usually)
> handled by posting directly to the list?
Absolutely, positively, 100% guaranteed.
Think Google. Think 5-year old message with *almost* exactly the
answer you need. Think "hasn't been on that mailing list in 2 years,
since a bogus bounce dropped me and I didn't bother re-upping."
Cheers,
-- jra
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