How large is the archive, any idea? I was wondering if zipping annual or semi-annual chunks might be do-able and set that out for download. Since this is text I would think the compression rate would be pretty good. But a huge archive even compressed could be unwieldy to download.
John Warner > -----Original Message----- > From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. [mailto:ADVANCED- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Simon Robinson > Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 8:01 AM > To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM > Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Has the list died? > > Well if all else fails I'd be quite happy to write a little bot to > download and parse the archive of messages (if Richard doesn't mind the > temporary load on the server), then for now I can tuck them away somewhere > on my site. (I was tempted to do that when Richard first announced the > taking the list offline, but held off as it looked like there were going > to be other solutions; I'm now starting to regret not doing that earlier > since this is pushing up to the deadline - I may write it anyway just to > be safe). > > It's not ideal as it'd be without the listserver software, just the posts > plus some basic pages to allow browsing/viewing them. In other words, > archive only unless/until I code up some .aspx pages to handle posting, > which could take a week or two as I'm quite busy at the moment. But if > nothing else happens to save the list... > > Simon > > > > On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:33:00 +0100, Richard Blewett > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >I'm still working on getting the list rehosted > > > >Rich > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. [mailto:ADVANCED- > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Warner > >> Sent: 23 September 2008 14:08 > >> To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM > >> Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Has the list died? > >> > >> I've not seen anything from Efran on the subject in over a week. Has > >> anyone > >> else that can do so made any progress? I agree I'd hate to see this and > >> a > >> couple of other lists on the server just die. > >> > >> John Warner > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. > >> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Seref > >> Arikan > >> > Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 9:03 AM > >> > To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM > >> > Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Has the list died? > >> > > >> > > >> > Feels kinda sad to see this conversation. Being a lazy a.. I > >> > have to ask: has there been a decision for the future of the list? > >> > > >> > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 3:33 PM, Peter Vertes > >> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > >> > > I'm still here and I got your message. This I have not received > >> > > anything else from the list the past few days. Yours was the first > >> > > message this week > >> > > > >> > > -Pete > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > On 9/23/08, John Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > > Just testing I forgot what date they said they would kill the > >> list > >> > > > > >> > > > John Warner > >> > > > > >> > > > =================================== > >> > > > This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(R) http://www.develop.com > >> > > > > >> > > > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at > >> > > http://discuss.develop.com > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > -- > >> > > Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com > >> > > > >> > > =================================== > >> > > This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(R) http://www.develop.com > >> > > > >> > > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at > >> > > http://discuss.develop.com > >> > > > >> > > >> > =================================== > >> > This list is hosted by DevelopMentorR http://www.develop.com > >> > > >> > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at > >> > http://discuss.develop.com > >> > > >> > >> =================================== > >> This list is hosted by DevelopMentor. http://www.develop.com > >> > >> View archives and manage your subscription(s) at > >> http://discuss.develop.com > > > >=================================== > >This list is hosted by DevelopMentorR http://www.develop.com > > > >View archives and manage your subscription(s) at > http://discuss.develop.com > > =================================== > This list is hosted by DevelopMentorR http://www.develop.com > > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
