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... -- Jim Toth [log in to unmask]