>
> I don't see the point in having some service like this. You can already
> make your list archives available in searchable format by email or the Web,
> if you put your archives on a web site, they are going to cataloged by at
> least two dozen search engines, including AltaVista, which catalogs
> everything (too much most of the time). I happen to think that there are
> too many search engines on the net already.
> Just my opinion.
> Karen Strauss

I think that reference.com offers a valuable service.  Having
archives on a WWW site is fine, if the user knows what mailing list's
(or newsgroup's)  archives he/she wants to search and where that
accompanying WWW is (if it exists).  However, often the user doesn't
know the name of the appropriate newsgroup or mailing list and needs
some kind of starting point.

Joe
ULTRA listowner  (which is archived by reference.com, btw)


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