Sorry: How the Archive Works

From: Stetsenko, Anna (AStetsenko@gc.cuny.edu)
Date: Tue Dec 19 2000 - 08:50:17 PST


dear friends, dear Eva, I am terribly embarassed because i actually now see
this posting is there, right where it should be... i am very sorry for
taking your time... And many thanks for explanations as to how the archiving
works, perhaps others also found it interesting.
anna

-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Jones [mailto:bjones@weber.ucsd.edu]
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 11:16 PM
To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
Subject: How the Archive Works

>From: "Stetsenko, Anna" <AStetsenko@gc.cuny.edu>
>Message-ID: <C39E2067E1EDD211B4D200902745A6E1025A8946@mail.gc.cuny.edu>
>To: "'xmca@weber.ucsd.edu'" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
>Subject: an inquiry re archives
>
>I am just a bit curious as to how the system of xmca archive works... is
>there a concrete person doing this or is this done automatically?

One of the "accounts" on the xmca subscription list is called
"xmcarch"

That account receives copies of all mail that goes to the mailing
list. Daily, that email is placed in the Current Mail Archive at:

        http://lchc.ucsd.edu/MCA/Mail/Current.Mail/index.html

On the first day of the month, the Current Mail Archive is moved to
a separate file, dated for the month past. These archives are
listed on the XMCA On-Line Discussion page at:

        http://lchc.ucsd.edu/MCA/Mail/

Or, in short, it's automated.

>also, can anyone answer this: I noticed that my message titled
>"understanding as activity" is not in the recent archive in the
>time frame when I thought it was supposed to be. Is this because
>there was not such a message from me and I just dreamed that I
>mailed it off or there is some other explanation?

Unfortunately, no one can answer this for certain. While it is
unlikely that the automated process noted above would lose one
message, it is not beyond the realm of possibililty.

The automaton is well documented in its ability to lose many
messages in a row if the server goes down.

Can you determine if someone else on the list received that message?

Does it show up in the xfamily archive (our backup of messages)
Linda?

That would at least tell you if you actually sent it.

Send me a copy (bjones@ucsd.edu) with headers and tell me where
it goes in the chain and I'll get it into the archive.

bj

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