Hi, Martha, I had been archiving the Marist Linux-390 LISTSERV logs on linuxvm.org, in gzipped compressed format. I have from the year 2000 through mid-year 2022. They should be checked for 100% fidelity to the originals, but this could be the start of such a repository.
Mark Post > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU]On Behalf Of > Martha McConaghy > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2025 10:50 AM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Moving this and other lists > > > I had not planned on addressing this right now as I have a > lot of work going on. But since the issue has been raised, > I'll provide more details. > > I've been in the process of migrating all of Marist's > LISTSERV lists over to a Linux on X based LISTSERV for the > last year. Marist runs over 8000 lists just for internal > communication. The last lists to move are the public lists, > like this one. In many ways, these are the trickiest to move > since there are so many people involved. I don't have a date > for this list to move, other work keeps getting in the way. > > The benefits are that we will be on a up to date version of > LISTSERV and on a supported platform. Marist will continue > to run LISTSERV for the foreseeable future given our > dependence on it for the school's culture. > > The negative, at least for public lists like this, is that > the web interface to the logs will no longer be available. > LISTSERV has a native web interface, but it requires a login > account and we are not making that interface publicly > accessible. The logs and previous postings will be available > via the LISTSERV email interface, which works as it has > always done. There is also a challenge of converting the old > logs to work with the new LISTSERV on Linux. They aren't > compatible formats. > > I turned off the current web search of logs because of the > continuous bots going through all the logs from all the > lists. I also wanted to see if anyone actually used or cared > about being able to get to them. So far, I have heard just > one complaint. I can turn it back on for now. > > To address Barton's question. I am not asking for, nor > seeking to get rid of this list from Marist. It is true that > Marist's commitment to the Z platform has changed (it is a > very complex situation). However, my commitment has not. > However, I also cannot control what others do and if Barton, > or anyone else, wants to start up another list, they are free > to do so. > > The question about the logs is interesting, however. > Rather than trying to convert years worth of old logs to be > compatible with the new LISTSERV, perhaps an archive of them > somewhere else would be a good idea? For this list, there > are over 300 logs, going back to 1998 (they are by month). > If that is of interest, contact me directly and we can discuss it. > > Martha > > > Martha McConaghy '84 > > System Architect/Technical Lead > > TDX Platform Architect > > Marist University IT > > Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO > LINUX-390 or visit > http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
