17 Jul
2002
17 Jul
'02
12:28 a.m.
"JCL" == J C Lawrence <claw@kanga.nu> writes:
JCL> I don't supply mboxes (or any other raw form of my archives).
JCL> Providing mboxes or some other off-line form of the archives
JCL> is the most common archive-related request I receive.I'd like to better understand the motivation for those requests. In my cases I think it's because Pipermail archives don't give you two important things: posting replies via the web, and the ability to forward archive messages to an email address.
>> Any chance you could make it down to DC for a side trip? We
>> could have a Mailman hacking sprint over a few dozen steamed
>> Maryland blue crabs and some cold ones. :)
JCL> You might just drag me out to the other coast with offers
JCL> like that.August and September are prime crab-pickin' months y'know, and even though they're expensive this year, I'm not adversed to a quick morning hop down to the Eastern Shore for a bushel of jumbos. :)
paper-towels-are-for-wimps-and-old-bay-can-really-grease-a-laptop's- keyboard-not-to-mention-the-wild-goose-ly y'rs, -Barry