RE: Modern mail archive layout using mhonarc
As they say, "me three". -Original Message- From: owner-mhonarc-us...@mhonarc.org [mailto:owner-mhonarc-us...@mhonarc.org] On Behalf Of Dave Dewey Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 1:33 PM To: mhonarc-users@mhonarc.org Subject: Re: Modern mail archive layout using mhonarc Quoting Ngieen Siao-Mak (ngi...@gmail.com): > >Make it a commercial version! I am sure $$ is a good motivation! ;_)) I would support this also. Mhonarc is a critical part of my user community, but it's getting creaky. It definitely would be worth paying for to have something with better integration into other platforms and has a better search interface.
Re: Modern mail archive layout using mhonarc
Quoting Ngieen Siao-Mak (ngi...@gmail.com): > >Make it a commercial version! I am sure $$ is a good motivation! ;_)) I would support this also. Mhonarc is a critical part of my user community, but it's getting creaky. It definitely would be worth paying for to have something with better integration into other platforms and has a better search interface.
Re: Modern mail archive layout using mhonarc
Thank you Earl; > Not sure if this will help you, but years ago, I did a custom job for > Cisco to support the generation of a "discussion" pages. Is there a working demo of the layout? > I was hoping to modify the work and repackage it for a more general > audience, but never did it. However, for those interested, your > can download the custom script at the following location: > > > > BTW, the core, venerable code base of mhonarc makes certain things > difficult, especially functionality that implies a more dynamic nature. > And scalability is a problem for large archives. Mhonarc is a good > example of a program that has out-grown its original intentions :) Mailing lists and webarchive are still *hot* . the dynamics are better than the forums as we visit the users (via email) rather than waiting for the users to login to the forums. I am sure that with a modern utility to archive the mailing list more will be using it rather than changing to web boards... I would pay for a good mail list archive utility. > > I've considered numerous times to redesign and re-implement mhonarc, > but there has been little motivation to do so. The work will take > a non-trivial amount of time, and I have other priorities. > Make it a commercial version! I am sure $$ is a good motivation! ;_))
Re: Modern mail archive layout using mhonarc
On February 23, 2009 at 11:54, Ngieen Siao-Mak wrote: > Did anyone try to layout a mail archive with features and layout that are > similar to Google Groups? Is it possible? What does it required? Not sure if this will help you, but years ago, I did a custom job for Cisco to support the generation of a "discussion" pages. These were pages that contain all the messages of a thread. The nature of the contract allowed me to do the work under the GPL, so I can redistribute it. I was hoping to modify the work and repackage it for a more general audience, but never did it. However, for those interested, your can download the custom script at the following location: http://www.mhonarc.org/cisco/ v0.2.3 was the last version done. Documentation is provided describing how it works. The mha-cisco script is a good example of utilizing the simple API mhonarc provides to extend it functionality. BTW, the core, venerable code base of mhonarc makes certain things difficult, especially functionality that implies a more dynamic nature. And scalability is a problem for large archives. Mhonarc is a good example of a program that has out-grown its original intentions :) Work-arounds do exist to work with scalability issues, but they can vary depending on the operating model one wants to achieve. I've considered numerous times to redesign and re-implement mhonarc, but there has been little motivation to do so. The work will take a non-trivial amount of time, and I have other priorities. --ewh
