P3D Re: Re Disabling spamming via mailinglist archive

["Dan Shelley" <dshelley@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>Well, the *-3D mailinglists are just some of my personal favorites.
>>The other lists, Infrared and Panorama, had no archives and that
>>was the main reason to make one available. While doing this, I just
>>threw *-3d in 'for free' (maybe a little forced by not being satisfied
>>with the browsing, searching, and referencing features of the primary
>>Calcite archive).
>
>Having taken on several large projects for personal pleasure, as well as
the
>benefit of he "community", I tottaly understand where you are coming from.
I
>do think you have created a very nice site. My earlier comment may have
come
>off sounding too negative - what it was meant to convey was that I have
foud
>the calcite archives helpful in the past, and have REALLY enjoyed having my
>own copies on the 3D-CD and 3D-CDII projects. Becuase of the immidiate,
>offline access to all that data, I never understood the need for another
>archive.
>
>I will admit to not REALLY trying it out until yesterday, and liked the
>promise it showed... However, I happened to try to look at it sometime
>during the time that it was all being updated, so ended up with more server
>errors than not. =) I was glad to read later that there was an explanation
>for what I was seeing.
>
>>It was - and still is - my hope that this archive will provide some
>>value to the community, i.e. the list itself but also other interested
>>parties, as there is a lot of valueable information and knowledge in
>>there, waiting to be shared.
>
>It does provide a very nice service, but I fairly certain I am not alone in
>feeling that maybe it shouldn't be available to people that aren't willing
>to subscribe to P3D and become part of the discussions. Can that portion of
>your site be password protected? I ask because there have been MANY
messages
>on P3D over the years which were more "personal" than not, and it seems a
>bit unsettling to have such information opened up to the "World" to view.
>
>Marco, I applaud your efforts. You have a fine site. Don't let this
>discussion discourage you from continuing the nice work you have started.
>
>Dan