Re: ADMIN: The Art of Archiving
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- Subject: Re: ADMIN: The Art of Archiving
- From: "* M* <M*@tc.gc.ca>
- Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 16:45:15 -0400
From: "Mark, Maureen" <MARKM@tc.gc.ca>
I bow to you, John, and also to Chris' wizardry. Now everyone can catch
up on what they missed as we head into iris withdrawal season.
Thanks again for all your hard work. (And thanks to Tom for all the
previous hard work.)
Maureen Mark
Ottawa, Canada (zone 4)
mmark@ottawa.com
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> From: John I Jones[SMTP:jijones@ix.netcom.com]
> Reply To: iris-talk@onelist.com
> Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 1998 8:58 AM
> To: iris-talk@onelist.com
> Subject: [iris-talk] ADMIN: The Art of Archiving
>
> From: John I Jones <jijones@ix.netcom.com>
>
> I thought I would give you all an update on the status of our
> archives.
>
> First: Onelist maintains an archive of the daily digests for
> iris-talk. We
> missed the first couple of days, but have every thing since Monday,
> June 29th.
> However Onelist does not provide much of a search engine for the
> archived
> messages, and it is not very useful.
>
> Second: Because I thought we needed a better search capability and
> continuity
> with the very valuable base of information in the Iris-L archives,
> with Tom's
> permission and with the help of Chris Lindsey (who owns the archive
> server we
> used for Iris-L) iris-talk messages are now being added to the
> existing Iris-L
> archives. Additionally, through some very serious magic, Chris took a
> file of
> iris-talk messages that had accumulated prior to setting up the
> automated
> entry process, and integrated them into the archive as well. So we now
> have as
> complete an archive of messages as I think can be developed. The
> archives
> include:
>
> All the original Iris-L messages,
> All the messages sent out through the manual Iris-l process, and
> All the iris-talk messages from its inception.
>
> The URL for the archive is still the same as it was for Iris-L, to
> wit:
>
> http://www.mallorn.com/lists/iris-l/
>
> I do not believe we will change this. If you have an opinion here
> please mail
> me privately at: jijones@ix.netcom.com
>
> We will change the title on the page to reflect the combined nature of
> the
> archives.
>
>
> John | "There be dragons here"
> | Annotation used by ancient cartographers
> | to indicate the edge of the known world.
>
>
> John Jones, jijones@ix.netcom.com
> Fremont, California, USA, Earth, USDA zone 8/9 (coastal, bay)
> Max high 95F/35C, Min Low 28F/-2C average 10 days each
> Heavy clay base for my raised beds.
> There are currently 83 Iris pictures on my Website. Visit me at:
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