akhiezer wrote: > Hi, > > I'm aware that the mailing-list archives were removed from public websites > because of excessive traffic/harvesting/&c. > > Would it be possible for the tarballs to be retrievable via e.g. emailed > mailing-list commands, by users that are subscribed to the relevant lists > - and perhaps further restricted to only users that have been subscribed > beyond a minimum time period &/or certain number of posts. > > That would also let you monitor any abuses. Folks would tend to at most make > once-off - or at least once-in-a-long-while - downloads of said tarballs. > > Or perhaps a restricted ftp/http area that requires the user's mailing-list > password(s) to access; and again, a cron job or similar could restrict > access to only those that have been registered for over a certain amount > of time, etc. > > More generally, is there some way to have e.g. osuosl mirror said archives > - or at least tarballs - and publicly available via osuosl/mirrors, while > being _not_ publicly available from the main linuxfromscratch server(s). > > I know that the likes of gmane &c have got limited 'mirrors' of the mailing > lists; but it is very useful to be able to have the stuff locally on-disk, > in mbox/maildir format.
I can tar up the lists you want and put them where you can download, but I don't want to use a lot of time setting up a regular process. I might be able set up a monthly cron to copy the previous month's messages for you. They are all in a single txt file by month. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/website FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
