Re: Downloading from lists.debian.org/debian-user in mbox format
On Mon, 17 May 2021 davidson wrote: [dd] It seems to me that this rationale depends on a couple of unstated premises: 1. If published, each mbox would contain one month's worth of messages, all of the messages in one file. 2. it is significantly easier for spammers to download a single file containing one month's worth of debian-user addresses, than it is to crawl through individual messages (using, presumably, the posted monthly author-indices). [dd] If last month's author-to-subject ratio is representative, then publishing monthly per-subject mboxes (instead of monthly messages containing all messages) would invalidate premise 2 (and contradict premise 1, obviously). s/invalidate/make irrelevant/ So, can anyone see a reason not to propose publishing monthly per-subject mboxes? -- Ce qui est important est rarement urgent et ce qui est urgent est rarement important -- Dwight David Eisenhower
Re: Downloading from lists.debian.org/debian-user in mbox format
On Mon, 17 May 2021 Richard Owlett wrote: On 05/17/2021 08:50 AM, Brian wrote: On Mon 17 May 2021 at 04:58:42 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: Some mailing list save posts in mbox format. Is there any way to download specific threads from lists.debian.org/debian-user in mbox format? I've wondered this for a long time. No. I suspected that. https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/02/msg02997.html Bug #161440. Thank you for this! Only ~2 decades old. Wouldn't want to fix things too fast. :{ It is currently tagged wontfix. That means don't hold your breath. But look at the rationale: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=161440#49 One reads, "As to the rationale: Making mboxes available facilitates harvesting of mail addresses even more than the web archives." It seems to me that this rationale depends on a couple of unstated premises: 1. If published, each mbox would contain one month's worth of messages, all of the messages in one file. 2. it is significantly easier for spammers to download a single file containing one month's worth of debian-user addresses, than it is to crawl through individual messages (using, presumably, the posted monthly author-indices). So why not just publish monthly *per-subject* mboxes? I see about 180 distinct authors on last month's author index https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/04/author.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/04/author2.html and about 160 distinct subjects on last month's subject index. https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/04/subject.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/04/subject2.html If last month's author-to-subject ratio is representative, then publishing monthly per-subject mboxes (instead of monthly messages containing all messages) would invalidate premise 2 (and contradict premise 1, obviously). So, can anyone see a reason not to propose publishing monthly per-subject mboxes? -- Ce qui est important est rarement urgent et ce qui est urgent est rarement important -- Dwight David Eisenhower
Re: Downloading from lists.debian.org/debian-user in mbox format
On 05/17/2021 08:50 AM, Brian wrote: On Mon 17 May 2021 at 04:58:42 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: Some mailing list save posts in mbox format. Is there any way to download specific threads from lists.debian.org/debian-user in mbox format? No. https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/02/msg02997.html Bug #161440. Only ~2 decades old. Wouldn't want to fix things too fast. :{
Re: Downloading from lists.debian.org/debian-user in mbox format
On Mon 17 May 2021 at 04:58:42 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > Some mailing list save posts in mbox format. > Is there any way to download specific threads from > lists.debian.org/debian-user in mbox format? No. https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/02/msg02997.html Bug #161440. -- Brian.
Downloading from lists.debian.org/debian-user in mbox format
Some mailing list save posts in mbox format. Is there any way to download specific threads from lists.debian.org/debian-user in mbox format?