On Tue, 4 May 2004, UB Listserv Administrator wrote:

>For me, from time to time archive editing is absolutely necessary, and an
>easier web-based method of doing it would be beneficial. I can see the
>concern that an overzealous listowner would be erasing email history, but
>policies and practices aside, we are talking about improving a method of
>something that is possible to begin with, so I'm all for forward progress.
>At least on a sysadmin level if not the list owner level. Plus the more
>'by email only' things L-Soft can take and port to the web, it gives them
>that much more of a competitive product.

The ideal situation is never to need to remove an item from an archive.
That's the entire purpose of an archive; its a record. Making it easier
to tamper with a record of communications is a step backwards; not
forwards in my humble opinion.