On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Nathan Brindle wrote:

> >file.  The oldest list for which we keep archives (LSTSRV-L) with =
> >archives going
> >back to 1991 only has several hundred files.
>
> 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.