In a previous episode, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > * Archives that have not received a new message over a certain period > of time could be targeted for deletion. I am sure there are archives > that are no longer used, so they could be removed. The key is to > determine what is the proper period.
This would make sense for me. My lists only really need to exist for the academic quarter they are in use. Alternately, there could be some way to allow the list creator to delete the archive. (I realize there are no list owners in Mail-Archive's eyes, and an authentication scheme would not be simple.) Since my lists contain only a few dozen messages, it wouldn't make sense to hassle Jeff with manually deleting them, but the space could be freed up. I guess I like the idea of expiring after no visits more than no new posts, as looking up old messages is the real purpose of an archive, and a lack of new messages doesn't indicate that the archive isn't being used. Craig Butz _______________________________________________ Gossip mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jab.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gossip
