On 14 Aug 2004 at 16:07, Mike Webb wrote: > Is anybody in contact with Gerry? If a set of all of the expita.com files > (www and ftp) could be posted somewhere else, they could continue to > be helpful to ACCMAILers as long as at least some of the info is current.
I have a complete set of the expita.com pages, and I could host them -- but there are at least two problems ... a) The content of the pages belongs to Gerry Boyd. I don't think it would be right to copy them without Gerry Boyd's explicit agreement. b) The pages have not been updated for many months. I don't see any point in publishing a website which has no maintenance scheme. Gerry Boyd retired from ACCMAIL a year ago, and probably has other plans for the resources which he is paying for. Now I think it is the right time for the ACCMAIL community to take responsibility for the FAQ and all related resources. Can we devise a way of doing this collectively, rather than relying on the dedication of just one person? I don't think hosting is a significant problem. I can offer reliable http and ftp hosting, and no doubt many other people can do the same. What is difficult is maintenance. ACCMAIL resources have rarely been stable for very long. Removal of dead links and timely addition of new resources is critical. It is too much for a single person. I have some ideas on how it might be done as a collaboration. I will try to find time in the next 48 hours to write them up and post them here -- but I am also keen to hear *any* other suggestions from *any* other subscribers. Time to brainstorm!? -- szs `at` szs `dot` net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ACCMAIL Info (automatically generated) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To UNSUBscribe: Send UNSUBSCRIBE ACCMAIL to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To get the ACCMAIL FAQ: Send e-mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" and enter only this line in the BODY of the note: send usenet/news.answers/internet-services/access-via-email ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
