> Yeah well as I was having my morning shower I had another idea about this
> list, so it might be really shithouse... but here goes.
NOT shithouse. Chuck and I had the same idea in the shower a few weeks ago.
Hmmm... That didn't come out right did it? Anyway...
> Why not have the mailing list set the reply address of the list (or even the
> only address of the list) to one that is retrieved by a perl/php script and
> parsed into a mysql database?
We're building it right now. :)
> This strikes me as the most powerful way to handle the problem of list
> archiveing and indexing. Then we can have all the flexibility of a
> datadriven source to power our list. Then we can make the mailbot script add
> uniquie ids to the list, have it recognise threads (%age similar subject i
> spose), easily searchable much more powerful.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
> Only downside is the storage problem i spose :( as in who has the resources
> to donate to our worthy cause?
By jove! W have a whole new server all to ourselves! :) And people were
asking why we'd bother... ;)
> I'm sure there are many gurus willing to help write a very powerful
> script...
Hi! :)
We're actually doing the proof of concept on this very list (seeings that
it's such a good one), initially hosting it here (at our secret underground
dungeon). Peter Samuel mentioned subscribing lists to an archiving
alias/user, and that's exactly what this will do - so it can be a massive
archive.
Turns out that this fits in nicely with Zack Brown's work at Linuxcare, so
he's interested too!
It will of course be GPL'ed, and once version something-or-other is up and
running, we'll be asking for more interested developers.
Feature requests and ideas to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - :)
- Jeff
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