Doug Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> First: no, I don't think you can grab a list of subscribers without
> actually logging into the system itself. Allowing that is typically
> considered a Bad Thing (though I've been on lists where it was
> allowed).
Yes, I agree. I asked that question with some trepidation.
> Second: nmh-{announce,bugs,workers} are all maintained using
> SmartList. It's got archiving capability already enabled. It's
> not as easy as a website, but you can search and retreive articles
> using it. Mail to nmh-workers-request with "Subject: archive help"
> for details (or see below). Here's the snippet (stock smartlist)
> that goes out with every new subscription:
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> The archive server
> ------------------
> Every submission sent to this list is archived. The size of the archive
[...]
I didn't get any of that when I subscribed.
> I haven't put the archive on the website for the exact reasons you've
> been discussing. If you've got an address munging scheme you'd like
> to see implemented, I'd be happy to use it, but no one's been asking
> for it until now.
I don't think anyone knew this archive existed until now (except you). If
people aren't receiving a message explaining about the archive when they
subscribe to nmh-workers, perhaps a note should be added to the website
mentioning it (and explaining that it's only available to list subscribers).
As was said, address mangling has some non-trivial problems associated with
it, so if we already have a working mechanism to restrict archive access to
list members, sounds like we don't need to worry about putting up a mangling
web interface.
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