[Vwdiesel] list archive, yet again...

[Gary Shea]

Cool!  Now we just have to hope it works ;)  I submitted the request for
subscription a couple hours ago and will keep y'all posted on what I
hear back.

In the meantime, if you want to check gmane out, point your news browser
at news.gmane.org:119.  They carry a variety of mailing lists repackaged
as newsgroups.

        Gary

[2002-12-04 13:00 -0500] weasel (weasel1 at sympatico.ca) wrote:

> 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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