-----
Original Message -----
Sent:
Monday, August 02, 2004 8:33 PM
Subject:
[ROSEN] List Issue: Dual Archives
To
all,
When I
originally set up the list, I enabled the archiving of list messages on
Lsoft's server. This was a quick and painless way to have a searchable
archive of list posts. These are the archives located
here:
But, I saw
three problems with this archive:
1) Cost -
As time goes on, I have to buy more archive space from Lsoft, and I will
have to keep paying for it over the years to maintain
them.
2) These
archives were not being indexed by search engines like Google, so the
archival "value" was not really being used.
3) Lsoft
provides no way to hide or mask users email addresses. This means that
spam merchants could potentially harvest email addresses from these
archives. This might make some folks who try to keep their email address
private hesitant to post.
Some
months ago, I created the archives that are located on my website.
This is done utilizing some Perl freeware, and has been used for some
extremely large archives. These are the archives located
here:
The
benefits are:
1) Hides
email address of posters.
2) It
uses diskspace I was already paying for.
3) It is
searchable with Google, etc.
4)
Somewhat customizable layout.
My
question is this: Would any one object to, or think of a reason not to,
disable the Lsoft-based archives? Is there some value or importance
there that I am missing?
One
other option I have would be to maintain the status quo storage on
Lsoft, and simply delete the oldest monthly archives as time goes on to
keep the diskspace from filling up. At the current rate, I imagine
the space would hold roughly the latest 18 months of archives
comfortably. But I wonder if this might not end up being
needlessly confusing by having partial archives in one location (Lsoft)
and complete archives elsewhere; hence, the thought that I might as well
just shut off the Lsoft archives.
Tim