20 Jun
2020
20 Jun
'20
7:52 a.m.
On 2020-06-19 23:42, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
Some mailing lists accept only attachments, if those are links into the
permanent storage at the mail server ...
> Images
take up a lot of space and are best dealt with via links.
On Fri, 19 Jun 2020, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
Which rot over time.
If you're going to create a permanent archive, you need to archive any
attachments as well.
http://www.vcfed.org/forum is a perfect example of messages full of
link rot.
We need, or at least want, to handle BOTH.
Long-term, "permanent" content, as well as
the casual "What is this? here's what it looks like"
I have no idea whether it is practical to handle those the same, or
differently.