In principal I like your idea of a Firebird powered archive of Firebird
related emails.
I don't have energy to contribute to that much as I like it though.
R~~
On Sat, 11 Aug 2018, 15:29 Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk
[firebird-support], wrote:
>
>
> On 11/08/18 08:29, Mark Rotteveel
On 11/08/18 08:29, Mark Rotteveel m...@lawinegevaar.nl
[firebird-support] wrote:
>> Another concern is the consideration of moving the current forum's data
>> into a new forum's format.
> Migrating the archive to a new platform is in my opinion not a
> requirement. We will however need to
On 11/08/18 09:42, Mark Rotteveel m...@lawinegevaar.nl
[firebird-support] wrote:
> I'm actually thinking about an accessible archive so they old post
> remain available in some form. But creating a 'just-in-case' backup is
> good idea.
>
> I'm going to play at that
I have been trying since 2000
Hi,
Personally, I like mailing groups.
The speed of getting answers is much greater than on regular web forums.
At the beginning I was skeptical but I have been using this form for many years
and I see more pros than cons of this form of communication.
And as someone rightly stated, one can
Hi Mark
> I'm actually thinking about an accessible archive so they old post
> remain available in some form.
>
Yes so I understood.
> But creating a 'just-in-case' backup is
> good idea.
>
Not least because it allows the post-disaster creation of an accessible
archive.
>
Me:
> it would be
On 11-8-2018 10:02, 'River~~' river14ap...@gmail.com [firebird-support]
wrote:
> How much does that archive matter?
It can be helpful to look up an old discussion or solution. I
occasionally do that if I recall something was discussed before but I
can't recall the solution.
In the case that
Interestingly, the message by Doug you are replying to has yet to show
> up in my mailbox. I wonder if it ever will.
>
> [...]
>
That eliminates my guess that Yahoo have designed in repetition
sufficiently to prevent loss :(
If we are losing emails as well as duplicating others then that surely
How much does that archive matter?
In my opinion if the archive matters at all needs to be kept in a backup
held offline by the owners or a designated mod.
To rely on the big cyber company to do backups is tempting but sooner or
later something will happen to one of them and groups without
On 10-8-2018 21:10, blackfalconsoftw...@outlook.com [firebird-support]
wrote:
Interestingly, the message by Doug you are replying to has yet to show
up in my mailbox. I wonder if it ever will.
> I am not sure what you mean by a non-web forum unless you are talking
> about the older bulletin
