Re: [cobalt-users] Cobalt mailing list continuation

[Jeff Lasman <blists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 15 March 2004 04:30 pm, Mike's List wrote:

> This mailing list has been slow lately, is it server problem or
> everyone migrated to another list?

There has been talk from time to time about either migrating the list or 
switching to using forums.  Personally I hate forums intensely, because 
I have to consciously go to a website and click over and over again to 
see what's going on.

I, among others, have been willing to start replacement lists, but I 
don't think anyone has suggested it be done.

> In addition, are there plans to
> mirror/archive the cobalt.com mailing list besides the MARC list?

MARC should be good enough, but I believe this is a standard mailman 
list with it's own archive as well.

Additionally, I archive it locally.  Using the Maildir format (a 
separate file per post/reply) and Kmail running on Linux, I should be 
able to keep it growing indefinitely.  I've got 3,229 messages in the 
store now, and no signs of slowdowns when I search or do anything else.

Prior to using KMail I stored it in Netscape Mail, and I had to break 
off the store every two or three months.

Jeff
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