[Vwdiesel] list archive, yet again...
weasel
weasel1 at sympatico.ca
Wed Dec 4 13:00:20 EST 2002
Sounds good to me !! Btw, I have every message dating back to July 2000 if
you need it.
Derek
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Shea" <shea at gtsdesign.com>
To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 4:48 PM
Subject: [Vwdiesel] list archive, yet again...
> I have stumbled upon a new online list archive site, www.gmane.org, that
> looks like it will work for this list. It's a little different than
> most such sites, in that you read the list archives using a news reader,
> but since the most popular browsers know how to do that it should be no
> big deal.
>
> It has the advantage that it acts as a subscriber, unlike yahoo lists
> which insist on hosting the list. It doesn't require the list provider
> to do anything. I am in the process of submitting a request for
> subscription, but wanted to run it past y'all first.
>
> This list is fairly obscure and as such not many people see our email
> addresses. I am planning on signing the list up with 'address
> encryption' turned on. This means that any email addresses in a list
> message will be rewritten into a native gmane.org address. People can
> still send you mail but will have to go through an intermediate
> challenge/response phase of demonstrating that they are people not
> marketing robots. This is a bit tedious for folks who want to send mail
> directly to an individual, but it's real nice for us.
>
> I'm assuming everyone is ok with this, but will wait until noon tomorrow
> to submit the request so folks have a chance to speak up.
>
> Oh, yeah, this site will also allow us to submit archives, and I'll
> volunteer (again!) to coordinate that, once the site is successfully
> receiving and archiving the list.
>
> Regards,
>
> Gary
>
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