Murli, I have all the messages from the list back to its humble beginnings in December 1996. How can I get them to you in a useful form to get them on the archives?
Peggy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Murli Nagasundaram" <rismu...@cobfac.boisestate.edu> To: <osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu> Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 9:28 AM Subject: OSLIST Archives on the Web > All, > > We've finally got our LISTSERV archives on the web. This goes back only > till March 1998, and I vaguely recall that this list started before that > time. > > Here's what you do to access the archives (BONUS: you can manage your > subscription settings there too, as well as post messages from the browser): > > 1. Go to http://listserv.boisestate.edu > 2. Click on "Online mailing list archives" > 3. Scroll down the page and click on "OSLIST" > 4. Select the month you want to access or click on "Search the archives" > 5. You will be asked to log in with your email address and > password. Click on " get a new LISTSERV password first" > 6. Type in the email address you use for receiving your OSLIST messages > and a password (you need to type it in twice). > 7. Then just follow the instructions from there (which is another of > saying, "I don't remember what happens after this"). > > So what does this all do to the "Switching services" debate I > initiated? For one thing, your OSLIST legacy is preserved and will always > be accessible from this site. Does this mean we needn't move to > egroups? Egroups still has some advantages such as the storage of files, > links, database, calendar, that LISTSERV doesn't provide. And egroups is > likely visited by more people than the Boise State web server, meaning that > there is a greater chance of potential OSLIST members serendipitously > discovering the list. > > Meanwhile .... > > 1. Please go check out the website > 2. I have set up an egroup called osl...@egroups.com and am in the process > of adding you all as members there. > > Yours stirring-up-the-pottingly, > > Murli > List DemiDei