On Thu, 2005-04-28 at 03:03 -0400, Glenn Maynard wrote: > On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 03:09:37PM +1000, Pascal Hakim wrote: > > > retained by an mbox but not exposed to the web don't seem all that > > > objectionable, especially since the web archives don't munge email > > > addresses. > > > > They might one day. It's possible to restrict http://lists.debian.org to > > stop or slow down people leeching across the web archives. > > The day Debian maims its archives in such a way will be a sad day, indeed ...
Why? > > > > I suppose it'd be necessary for the exported mboxes to honor the > > > No-External-Archive: yes and so forth, which might not be the case > > > today (I've never gained access to them so I don't know). > > > > I actually have no idea whether we honour that already or not. > > As Branden put it[1], "Debian's mailing lists are its nervous system, and our > list archives our collective memory." I'd hope that such a header as > "No-External-Archive" would never be honored (except perhaps to bounce > the message--the only acceptable way to not be archived is to not post). Do you believe such an attitude is helpful when, for example, we ask people to post on [EMAIL PROTECTED] with their D-I test results? I would say that a number of the people who do post their results are not aware of what they are getting themselves into. Pasc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]