Fw: OSLIST Archives on the Web

[Peggy Holman]

Murli,

I have all the messages from the list back to its humble beginnings in
December 1996.  How can I get them to you in a useful form to get them on
the archives?

Peggy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Murli Nagasundaram" <rismurli at cobfac.boisestate.edu>
To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 9:28 AM
Subject: OSLIST Archives on the Web


> All,
>
> We've finally got our LISTSERV archives on the web.  This goes back only
> till March 1998, and I vaguely recall that this list started before that
> time.
>
> Here's what you do to access the archives (BONUS:  you can manage your
> subscription settings there too, as well as post messages from the
browser):
>
> 1.  Go to http://listserv.boisestate.edu
> 2.  Click on "Online mailing list archives"
> 3.  Scroll down the page and click on "OSLIST"
> 4.  Select the month you want to access or click on "Search the archives"
> 5.  You will be asked to log in with your email address and
> password.  Click on " get a new LISTSERV password first"
> 6.  Type in the email address you use for receiving your OSLIST messages
> and a password (you need to type it in twice).
> 7.  Then just follow the instructions from there (which is another of
> saying, "I don't remember what happens after this").
>
> So what does this all do to the "Switching services" debate I
> initiated?  For one thing, your OSLIST legacy is preserved and will always
> be accessible from this site.  Does this mean we needn't move to
> egroups?  Egroups still has some advantages such as the storage of files,
> links, database, calendar, that LISTSERV doesn't provide.  And egroups is
> likely visited by more people than the Boise State web server, meaning
that
> there is a greater chance of potential OSLIST members serendipitously
> discovering the list.
>
> Meanwhile ....
>
> 1.  Please go check out the website
> 2.  I have set up an egroup called oslist at egroups.com and am in the
process
> of adding you all as members there.
>
> Yours stirring-up-the-pottingly,
>
> Murli
> List DemiDei