sebbASF commented on pull request #517: URL: https://github.com/apache/incubator-ponymail/pull/517#issuecomment-691976137
Seems to me if no-one has a copy of the permalink then it does not matter as much if it is lost. Whereas the other way round, if there is a known permalink, but it is not in the database, it is vital to be able to reconstruct it. If the link contains a lid suffix, then it should be possible to find the mail by re-loading all the relevant archives. If there is no separate lid suffix in the missing Permalink, then the entire corpus may need to be reloaded unless there is some context that helps narrow down the search (e.g. dates, possible list names). The advantage of the above approach is that there is no need for additional backup data beyond the original archives. Indeed it should be possible to use sibling archives recorded by other subscribers to the list. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
