Hi, Mark Roberts wrote:
> As I understand it, the archive isn't intended to be an alternative way > of keeping up with the list, but is supposed to be a repository for older > posts. In the "good old days" (and also for a while at its present address) the archive was updated at frequent intervals during the day, allowing those who are following the list at work and theoretically not allowed to receive email from "outside" to participate in discussions by subscribing with the no-mail option. This was assisted by the mails being archived in an order that saw the newest at the top of the page. You could then shuttle between individual mails and the header page quite easily. Once the archive gets to more than half a day behind, it is not possible to keep in touch with discussions. You just end up sending information and asking questions which have already be sent/asked. > >What do other people feel about this? > > I'm surprised it contains posts as *recent* as 6 days old. It _doesn't_ contain mails which are much older. Unlike the "good old days", the archive falls into cyberspace after about 20 days. Gone. Lost. Never seen again, unless someone has been kind enough to preserve it on their own machine. > >Is there anything we can do? > > Subscribe to the mailing list? Not the answer to the problems which people are facing. Also not the answer to the lost archive. (The lost archive of PDML - do you think Spielberg would be interested???) Grateful as I am to The Mail Archive people, I am not sure that we are best served (sorry) by the facility they offer. Anyone else got any suggestions? mike - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
