On Tue, 27 Mar 2001 11:06:16 -0500 Stan Horwitz 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.

I actually was searching LSTSRV-L for somethings in the late 80s
and early 90s just last week.  I was trying to find out when certain
features were added, and certains changes happened.  I needed it for
some work I was doing here.

/ahw