On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 09:36:08AM +0000, Rui Paulo wrote:
> On 2005-06-01, Geert Hendrickx <geert.hendrickx@ua.ac.be> wrote:
> > Hi guys, 
> >
> > wouldn't it be nice to have the mailing list archives available for
> > download in plain mbox format?  That would make it so much easier to
> > "jump into" a thread on a list you're not subscribed to: just download
> > the mbox file, and you can reply to any message on that list.  
> >
> > What do you think?  
> 
> It's more easier to show Message-ID:'s on mail-index.netbsd.org. That way,
> if you want to reply to a certain message just copy the Message-ID field
> to your In-Reply-To field.

That's a good idea, too.  But still I'd prefer to be able to download
the archive as an mbox file (in chunks of one month for example), to be
able to read/search it locally.  

GH

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