On Wed, 17 Jul 2002 03:28:31 -0400 Barry A Warsaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>> "JCL" == J C Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JCL> I don't supply mboxes (or any other raw form of my archives). JCL> Providing mboxes or some other off-line form of the archives is the JCL> most common archive-related request I receive. > I'd like to better understand the motivation for those requests. In > my cases I think it's because Pipermail archives don't give you two > important things: posting replies via the web, and the ability to > forward archive messages to an email address. Note: I don't use pipermail and my archives do support posting replies to the list via the web. (Details are in the FAQ) I don't currently support sending the original of an archives messages to a specified address. The most common (almost 100%) reasoning given for wanting an off-line for is easy of searching and reference. >>> Any chance you could make it down to DC for a side trip? We could >>> have a Mailman hacking sprint over a few dozen steamed Maryland blue >>> crabs and some cold ones. :) JCL> You might just drag me out to the other coast with offers like JCL> that. > August and September are prime crab-pickin' months y'know, and even > though they're expensive this year, I'm not adversed to a quick > morning hop down to the Eastern Shore for a bushel of jumbos. :) Hehn. I'm originally from the Balitmore area. Me and my gut know munchin' crabs quite well. -- J C Lawrence ---------(*) Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas. [EMAIL PROTECTED] He lived as a devil, eh? http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/ Evil is a name of a foeman, as I live. _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman-21/listinfo/mailman-developers
