Interesting, Dennis. Yep, there's a few fragments, like the crawler nabbed the index page once in a while, plus the posts linked to it.
<sigh> Mike D. > Hello Mike, > Actually there is a way to look at part of the archives- try The > internet archive way back machine - Internet Archive: Wayback Machine > <http://www.archive.org/web/web.php> > and just paste "http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html " > in the search window. This site is handy to find info on almost any > web page that does not exist anymore. Dennis. > > M. G. Devour wrote: > > >Hello everybody, and welcome to our several newcomers! > > > >Just to answer a few questions and comment on some things... > > > >I've just discovered that there's been a glitch at Eskimo that's > >caused > > some of my outgoing mail to disappear. If you've requested > > individual > >help from me over the last 3 days or so and have not received a reply > >from me, please contact me again. I've learned of a temporary > >workaround that allows me to send mail again, and have notified > >support > > about the problem. > > > >As far as I can tell it's not causing any problems for the rest of > >you. > > > >Next topic: I am not optimistic that we'll get our archives back. > >Until > > I can create or arrange for a replacement I must ask you to do just > >what you've been doing these last few days: Answer the new people's > >questions with references to the handful of sites that we usually > >rely on for such advice, plus whatever comments you feel are > >appropriate to their specific questions. > > > >This will cause a lot of repetition, but please accept that as > >necessary for the time being. > > > >For the new folks, please ask questions in order to direct the > >discussion to the kind of information you are looking for. Otherwise > >the conversation will free-wheel according to whatever other people > >are > > asking about or interested in at the moment. > > > >Lastly, we need to continue to self-regulate the topics according to > >the list rules and guidelines ( see: http://www.silverlist.org ) so > >that the list remains useful and balanced: > > > >CS-related topics may be discussed at length, at least until interest > >in them is exhausted. > > > >Any reasonable health related question may be asked, regardless of > >its relationship to CS. > > > >CS-related answers may, of course, be discussed at length. > > > >Non-CS related answers should be discussed briefly, until basic > >curiosity is satisfied and alternative resources identified, so > >people may pursue additional research if they choose. > > > >Other off topic comments, as well as friendly chit-chat, humor, and > >what-have-you, should be maintained at a fairly low, restrained > >level... Enough to allow folks to be comfortable, but not so much as > >to > > distract and over-burden the group. > > > >Of course, the list rules also prohibit a few topics, including > >religion and politics, that are always profoundly difficult to > >discuss peaceably, and have no bearing on our missions, apart from > >the occasional heads-up on alternative health-related political > >issues. > > > >Again, it would be good to review the list rules, plus instructions > >for > > our Off Topic List, at the web site: http://www.silverlist.org > > > >As we've just seen with a couple of our new members, often folks who > >come here are dealing with major stress over health problems. They > >often do not have the time and energy to deal with the flood of > >unrelated information, however good it may be. > > > >So it remains the responsibility of every one of us, to deal with the > >legitimate off-topic items well but briefly, and to help the new > >people > > who join us to feel welcome and to begin climbing the learning > > curve. > > > > > >Be well, my friends, > > > >Mike Devour > >silver-list owner > > > >[Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] > >[[email protected] ] > >[Speaking only for myself... ] > > > > > >-- > >The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > > >Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > > >To post, address your message to: [email protected] > >Silver List archive: > >http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > > >Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > >OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > > >List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > ------- End of forwarded message -------[Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [[email protected] ] [Speaking only for myself... ]

