discuss: The end of ELS
Subject:
Re: The end of ELS
From:
"G Ferguson / LDP" ####@####.####
Date:
2 Mar 2005 20:54:16 -0000
Message-Id: <20050302205421.9A87A416D0@mail01.powweb.com>
>>> Please, could we work out some way to make http://tldp.org/ more CD friendly.
>>> At present it suffers from a severe case of link rot, that cripples
>>> navigation on a CD. It also suffers from bloat. I found archived spam
>>> in /archives/ldp-discuss/ that includes graphics, midi music and wallpaper
>>> from the MS Outlook Express stationery collection (copyright Microsoft).
>>
>> We would very much like to make it easier on you, but as you can see from
>> the latest treads, resources are quite a problem currently.
>> The archived spam is indeed a shame.
>>
>> Sergiusz, you maintain the mailinglists. Can anything be done about that
>> archived rubbish, in an automated way? Or do we have to weed out manually
>> all the fake messages?
>
> Actually, those are the archives from the pre-Serek-controlled lists. Quite
> ancient stuff. I recommend moving them outside of the main document
> root/area (somewhere else on ibiblio, as we have done with some of our
> other content).
I went ahead and did this. They are referred to in:
http://www.tldp.org/mailinfo.html
and are now archived at:
http://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/docs/linux-doc-project/mail_archives/
No time to clean out specific messages, sorry.
--
Greg Ferguson / LDP volunteer
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