[WikiEN-l] Arbcom mailing lists need shredded

[Andrew Gray]

On 03/12/2007, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman at spamcop.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 07:26:04 -0500 (EST), "Fred Bauder"
> <fredbaud at fairpoint.net> wrote:
>
> >The archives of the arbcom-l mailing list are seldom consulted, so could
> >probably be disposed of after a month or two. We need space where we can
> >talk candidly about real or imagined problems. That's how we sort out the
> >real from the imaginary.
>
> Does it need to be archived at all?

It strikes me that the main need for an archive of a "conversational
list" is as an aide-memoire to those who participated in the
conversations, and the state of play with email these days is such
that I can't see it being likely any of the participants can't keep
copies themselves...

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- Andrew Gray
  andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk