On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 11:06:16AM -0500, Stan Horwitz ([log in to unmask]) said:
> On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Nathan Brindle wrote:
[...]
> > Actually back to 1986 :)  Including the reverse indexing files there
> > are 294 files in the directory that houses the LSTSRV-L notebooks.
> > Of course these are monthly; if they were weekly that number would
> > probably be closer to 1500.
>
> I am curious. What's the point behind keeping archived postings on
> LSTSRV-L for such a long period of time? The older postings do not seem
> like they would be relevant any longer due to upgrades in the actual
> Listserv software, computer hardware, and operating system technology.

My guess:

a) Space is cheap

b) You never know.

:-)

Suppose, for example, someone wanted to do a thesis on the history of
electronic mailing list technology...

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Jim Toth
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