You should see MSN! :-) Tom C.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Knut Kampe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 7:47 AM Subject: Re: www.pdml.net - mail archive lags by 6 days > At 09:10 09.11.01 -0500, you wrote: > >Doug Brewer (who maintains this list for free) has explained in the past > >that the free mail archiving service that the PDML uses for its archive > >is slow. A faster one would cost money. > > > >The two solutions are: > > > >1) find someone else (perhaps yourself) who will run an archive service > >for the PDML and keep it up to date for free, on a free server, > > > >or > > > >2) pay for it. > > > >The archive is really just a way to look up older posts. If you want to > >read the list in real time, subscribe. If you want to read it from a > >web browser, create a free Yahoo! or Hotmail account and subscribe from > >it. > > > >-Aaron > > Thanks for your direct response. It is helpful to understand the background! > > I was just feeling slightly frustrated: I did set up a Hotmail account, but > found that they are not really able to handle the large flow of mail. It > gets REALLY slow! > > I now filter all the mailing-list mail into a folder on my work computer. > This is fast and allows fast searches as well. On the other hand it IS a > work computer and I would like to keep private and work things separate. An > up to date PDML, viewable through a browser, would thus have been very nice! > > But if it is not possible, then there is nothing that can be done. It is of > course very nice of Doug to maintain the list for free! I really appreciate > this. > > Knut > - > 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 . - 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 .
