fyi: at least for the ODTUG area of fatcity, it appears that a web
archive is planned.
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Date sent: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 10:06:07 -0800
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From: Bruce Bergman <bbergman_at_BridgeMedical.com>
Subject: ADMIN: Re: messages archive - asking for support.
Organization: Fat City Network Services, San Diego, California
Thread contributors:
Paul Sunners
Alain Gougeon
Eric Pierce
et al
Hi folks...
Just wanted to add some information to this topic.
- There ARE archives of this list, and all other lists. They've been in
place since Day 1 (1995??) of the lists. The existence of the archives are
mentioned in the welcome message that every new subscriber gets. How to use
the archives is described in the HELP text available from ListGuru. The
archives are searchable, and you can pull individual digests, files that
have been contributed using SUBMIT, view a list of all topics for a date,
etc. [more on this below ***]
- It is my intention to make all list archives available on the web. I
haven't done so to date because of limited bandwidth and funds, but you can
expect to see this kind of functionality within the next couple of months.
I have a beta version of this in process right now, but it's not ready for
prime-time yet. Alas, time is in short supply lately too. ;-) The
functionality intended will be to browse digests and individual messages,
search, sort, report, download, etc. A later version of the system will
allow one-way posting for registered users (web->list) and ultimately a full
mirror of the lists and the web (this is quite complex, however). If you
want to participate in the beta of this, please let me know and I'll get
back to you in a couple of weeks.
- Alain mentioned that he proposed having the lists archived to the web
months ago, but no one responded. I generally try to monitor all the list
traffic, but I do miss the occasional post. If you (or anyone) ever has any
comments, complaints or questions about the lists, please feel free to
contact me at any time. I'm most open to suggestions, and many of the
features I've added to ListGuru in the past year have come from user
suggestions. My apologies for not catching your comment.
- Glad to hear people still find the lists more useful than the message
boards. :-)
thanks,
bruce
ListMaster_at_fatcity.com
- To get started with using the archives, I suggest you send an E-mail
message to ListGuru_at_fatcity.com and in the message BODY, put:
HELP INDEX
HELP GET
ARCHIVES
This should give you the basics and put you on your way. I would like to
request one thing, however: **PLEASE** do not start requesting the last
2,539 archive digests, okay? This easily overloads our server, not to
mention the network traffic getting it delivered. If you want multiple
digests, request NO MORE than maybe 5-6 a day. I would very much appreciate
it!
thanks,
bruce
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photos, highlights and presentation handouts. And plan now for ODTUG
2001 (June 24 to 28) at the Sheraton Hotel and Marina in San Diego, CA.
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Author: Bruce Bergman
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