Re: [boost] Link to list archive for nonmember?

From: David Abrahams (abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-03-23 20:58:58

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael D. Crawford" <crawford_at_[hidden]>

> Is the boost list message archive publicly visible on Yahoo somehow?
>
> I've never looked at the archive as I read the list in my regular email.
But
> I wanted to ask someone to read the message I recently posted about bitmap
> iterators and I thought that rather than forwarding him the message I
might
> give him the URL to where it's posted on Yahoo so he could lurk in any
> followup discussion.
>
> But when I went to look at our homepage on yahoo, I saw that one needs to
have
> a yahoo id to look inside the list.  I don't _want_ to have a yahoo ID.  I
> find yahoo really annoying and don't use any of its services that require
> signing up for a Yahoo account.

We could change the Messages setting to Public (anyone, including
non-members, can view messages). I don't see any reason why we shouldn't.
I'd like to give Beman and Jens a chance to object before I do this, though.
For that matter, I'd like to hear from the membership if there are any
objections (no need to vote in favor, yet!)

> I stay on boost because I think boost is a really valuable list, but for
> example it bugs the heck out of me that Yahoo took over webring.org and
now I
> have to go get a Yahoo ID to manage a webring membership I'm in.
>
> I can solve my particular problem by forwarding my mail directly, but I
think
> it would be useful if there were a public archive somewhere that one
didn't
> have to have a password to so we could forward URLs to interested parties
or
> link to individual messages from personal web pages.
>

Many of us have grown to dislike yahoo. We've looked at alternatives, like
that of moving the list to sourceforge. Unfortunately, the list
administration/moderation tools provided there are a bit too limited. For
example, something as simple as the "to unsubscribe" message we add at the
bottom of all boost posts is impossible.

-Dave