Re: Asking Old Questions Again

From: Robert McArthur <mcarthur_at_fit.qut.edu.au>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 10:55:50 +1000 (EST)


It's coming...just wait a bit longer :-) Oh, also, did someone mention CDROM ;-)
> 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.)

End of The Glorantha Digest V6 #85


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