[LINK] Link Archive backup service

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

Hi Ivan,

Fair enough points .. however, our existing Archive isn't infallible
and one remembers the great crash of 1994, whereby all archives were 
lost, causing much anguish. And as per the FAQ the existing archives
are well able to be re-archived, as per below. But, whatever mate :)

"How can I import existing archives? By far the easiest way to import 
messages into The Mail Archive is via an mbox file. 1st make sure the 
archive is started, then contact our support team if you have an mbox 
file you wish to import .. Mailman users who already have gzip'd text
or mbox archives online can just supply a URL."

Cheers, Ivan
Stephen Loosley

Ivan writes,

> Stephen et al
> 
> A few things to consider:
> 
> 1. We already have a reliable record maintained through ANU services. 
> 
> 2. Having pored over Mail Archive, I do not have confidence that the 
site will be as well
maintained, or funded, as mailman.anu.edu.au
> 
> 3. I see little to encourage me to suggest that the site will not be 
used for mail
harvesting down the track, and whilst there is scant mention of mail 
security and
record-keeping, it's a .com with no recognisable governance or control, 
other than Jeff
Breidenbach and Jeff Marshall.
> 
> 4. The site is based in California, and is not in any way controllable 
by Link members
directly.
> 
> 5. It will only archive material from the day it receives messages from 
Link (i.e. not
before today).
> 
> The real question is: do we really need a secondary resource to 
maintain back-ups of
messages? 
> 
> If sufficient people believe that this is worthwhile and poses no risk 
to subscribers,
I'll make archive at mail-archive.com a full subscriber (at present, mail-
archive.com is a
'no mail' subscriber to Link: i.e.. is not permitted to receive mail from 
Link). If I
receive no interest, I'll simply remove mail-archive from our subscriber 
listing
altogether.
> 
> Warmly
> 
> iT
> 
> 
> On 30/11/2012, at 11:57 PM, stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:
> 
> > Dear Marty, Ivan and all Link subscribers,
> > 
> > As a Link subscriber since around 1994, and with a belief and 
awareness 
> > of the current and historical importance of the Link List Archives, 
may
> > one suggest consideration as to the establishment of a 'secondary' 
Link
> > List Archive resource?
> > 
> > Such might readily be organized for eg via: http://www.mail-
archive.com
> > 
> > The facilities of the above List Archive resource are comprehensive 
and 
> > reliable and thus would seem to present a good secondary/backup 
archive
> > service. Additional information at http://www.mail-
archive.com/faq.html
> > 
> > Simply one idea in order to further preserve the fine Link data 
records.
> > 
> > Cheers Link
> > Stephen Loosley
> > Member, Victorian
> > Institute of Teaching
> 
> 
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