>Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 10:37:11 -0500 >From: Antoine Morin <[log in to unmask]> >Has one of you examined the various existing possibilities for generating >an html version of listserv archives of messages? There are some examples of this. Look at one at muse.bio.cornell.edu (either via gopher or www); find the taxacom archives. There are other ones that thread the messages, sort them, etc. >An international scientific society has asked me to set up a listserv >list. It will work nicely for general messages to members, and for a >discussion forum. However, many society members will not subscribe because >they won't want to be bothered with the extra email, Have them subscribe anyway. They can set their subscriptions to NOMAIL so they don't receive messages. For lists that require a subscription in order to post messages (Send= private), they must be subbed if they want to participate in the list's discussions. >One way this could be done is by having an html version of the threaded >messages that people could access from the society's home page. Is there >a better way? The general idea is correct. Just subscribe a dummy subscriber (actually, a userid where a process/daemon is looking to grab all email from the particular list and insert it into your www-based archive. > If this is the way, then what tool exists to make my life >simpler? Yes, I believe there are, but I don't have a handy reference now. Peter R