From: Alex Ferguson (abf@cs.ucc.ie)
Date: Thu 06 Aug 1998 - 20:50:21 EEST
Nick Hollingsworth affirms that:
> It would be a major resource if anyone could provide an undigested
> archive of all the messages from the various incarnations and
> versions of the mailing list under one search engine.
It's a nifty idea. But do you know of off-the-shelf software to do
this, untouched by human hand?
> Hopefully the thread structure could be maintained too - much like what
> Deja News offers for newgroups.
I don't think that'll work. The Digest format doesn't preserve a
"references" field, and what's more, most postings don't even have
threaded subject lines. (To wit, most people either type a subject by
hand, or leave it as the wonderfully specific "Re: The Glorantha Digest
V6 #80". Certain individuals even _start_ a new thread with a "Re:" in
the subject, which has _really_ gotta make your software's head hurt...)
Changing this only seems feasible if most posters end up reading (and
hence, replying to) the Digest in undigested form. (Which a few of us
Hard Core types already do.)
Slainte,
Alex.
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