New listserv

Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 09:03:35 -0300 (ADT)
From: "David L. Potter" <potter@chebucto.ns.ca>
To: "Andrew D. Wright" <awright@chebucto.ns.ca>
cc: office@chebucto.ns.ca, ccn-tech@chebucto.ns.ca, editors@chebucto.ns.ca
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Hi Andrew,

It is somewhat unusual to require/want to edit a list archive... and it 
is also 'non-trivial', requiring quite a bit of care if it is to be 
achieved without breaking the archive structure. Tony managed it but I 
would be hesitant to turn that feature over to someone who doesn't show 
a lot of interest in the details... 

The general editing of archives was never supported because with respect 
to many archive requirements, editing breaks the integrety...

As well, most of the need for editing can be eliminated by an 
appropriate list management (approval/authorization) strategy.

I'll contact coral@is.ca to confirm what other list options they 
want and see if they really need/are confident that they can manage an 
'edit-archive' feature.

david potter


On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, Andrew D. Wright wrote:

> 
> 	A subset of the Ecology Action Centre studying cold water coral
> want to get a listserv with us. They don't want a Chebucto account or IP
> account, just the listserv. I quoted them a price of $35, which they have
> paid.
> 
> 	They want the list to be called dscoral, for it to be archived and
> for this account to be the moderator: coral <coral@is.dal.ca>. This
> account should be able to access the archives to edit them, FTP access
> only.
> 
> 	My thinking was to just create a directory for them under
> /info/Environment/ for their archive and a few months down the road check
> on what sort of disk space it was using WRT determining future pricing for
> this service. These folks aren't the Ecology Action Centre, they're a
> separate group, so their directory shouldn't be under EAC's.
> 
> 	If there are any problems with setting this up, please let me know
> as soon as possible. Thanks. 
> 
> 

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