On Tue, 27 Mar 2001 11:06:16 -0500 Stan Horwitz said: >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. History. Nathan