Hi, > On Wed, September 24, 2008 4:25 am, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > > the reason mbox archives are currently not provided via the web > > archive is a policy decision, not a technical one.
I should expand on this: The technical resolution (i.e. a mechanism to provide mboxes) for this bug is readily available[1], but the Listmaster team has decided to not deploy it. On 2008-11-17 04:53:07.00 Drew Scott Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can I at least have a link or copy of this policy? Is delivery via an > alternative open mechanism against policy? It's a policy as in the Listmaster team decided to not have mboxes on the web. It is not a policy written in a policy document. My message to the bug is a public announcement of that policy, so if you want to discuss the policy, link to my message to these bugs. As to the rationale: Making mboxes available facilitates harvesting of mail addresses even more than the web archives. > I believe my problem is technical, though the choice not to provide the > convenience of mbox archives for non-developers is policy. Perhaps the > problem in my paragraph above is worthy of a separate bug? No, please do not file a separate bug. We already have these two bugs about accessing list archives through other means than the HTML web pages. If it helps, you could try to discuss this on #debian-lists on IRC before continuing here or per email. Having implemented the above-mentioned scripts to provide mboxes, me might in arguing the case against having them not be too compelling. Kind regards Thomas 1. This is not quite as "duh" as it sounds because we do not presently store spam-cleansed mboxes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
