[ih] Really old list archives

[Dave Crocker]

On 1/23/2024 1:50 PM, Jack Haverty via Internet-history wrote:
> I find it curious that no one seems interested in preserving the 
> history captured in emails like the ones here and on many past mailing 
> lists. 


I tried raising the issue a few times, over the years, notably around 
the IETF, where email, internet drafts, and the like are an integral 
part of its history.  Never got any traction.

My guess is that the fact that the material gets backed up is thought to 
be equivalent to museum-quality archiving.

The interesting technical part is that these repositories continue to 
grow, so that serious, long-term archiving requires some sort of 
automated feed when new material appears.

d/

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Dave Crocker
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