Thanks Dan, Just to see if I understand the reasons one might use this feature.... In this particular case, I think I understand what the www-archive is for, but I'm not entirely certain. Therefore, rather than asking for clarification of something that, for many of the people here, may be quite obvious, I could respond to you, but cc the [EMAIL PROTECTED] (pretty much like I'm doing right now)?
I guess in this case, I am making the assumption that someone other than me might, later on, find your answer valuable. (Otherwise, I suppose I would just send you a personal message without cc-ing the archive). If I'm understanding the reason for this, then it might also make sense to be sure that I quote your message in its entirety, since www-archive will not already have a copy of that there. Or does it make sense to additionally provide a pointer to your original message (http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2007Apr/0809.html) ? If not, then should other context like the date, time, author, and context ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) be included (since it looks like groups other than just public-html) are included in the archive? I hope this is not inappropriate for the archive, but the http://lists.w3.org/Help/ help file doesn't seem to answer these questions, unless I'm missing it. David Dailey Sat 4/14/2007 12:24 PM Dan Connolly wrote to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: >W3C supports a mailbox, [EMAIL PROTECTED], for making >a public archive of any W3C/web-related business. Any >message sent there is archived using the normal mailing >list archive mechanism*. > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-archive/ >So if you want to have a conversation with somebody, with >a public archive, but without copying all the subscribers >to [EMAIL PROTECTED], you're welcome to send it there. >In particular, if you want to take a conversation >off this list, but reserve the option to refer to it >later or take it back to this list, reply all >and replace [EMAIL PROTECTED] with [EMAIL PROTECTED] >in the CC header field. >Given that this option exists, if a W3C collaborator sends you >mail *without* copying [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] >or any other publicly-archived forum**, please don't >quote, forward, or cite it in public without explicit permission. >* which include archive-approval http://www.w3.org/2002/09/aa/ >** most of them start with public- or www- , but >there are exceptions; http://lists.w3.org/ is an exhaustive >list of public forums hosted by W3C. >-- >Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/ >D3C2 887B 0F92 6005 C541 0875 0F91 96DE 6E52 C29E
