>Will someone provide some real use case scenarios of how the >archived-at URL gets used by a message receipient. If I have >the message locally, do I care where it is archived?
It's handy if you are writing a blog. For example, Linux Weekly News reports on the Linux Kernel mailing list. They quote particular messages, and provide an archival link. This lets readers examine the (possibly active) thread. http://lwn.net/Articles/286910/ http://lwn.net/Articles/287490/