[Coco] Problem with "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts"?

[Louis Ciotti]

One problem Gmane solves is having a searchable archive.  While the
mailman list server holds an archive, there is no easy way to search
those archives, or there is not a way that I know of.

On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 12:52 PM, Stephen H. Fischer
<SFischer1 at mindspring.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> There many times IMHO readers of the "CoCoList for Color Computer
> Enthusiasts" using Gmane than the very small number of mailing list members,
> ~ 400.
>
> That's why the echo is so important. And it is working again, I got ~ 80 new
> messages from Gmane today.
>
> Do you think the numbers of CoCo interested persons is only 400? The CoCo
> world is not that small for sure considering the number of CoCo sold.
>
> The mailing list archive may be used by some people, but Gmane is the public
> replacement for "bit.listserv.CoCo". Actually, it is best that the general
> public NOT read the list archive.
>
> That was why the echo was set up.
>
> I use Gmane to search for old messages using Windows Mail (Outlook Express
> replacement), it's search is much better than Gmane's online search.
>
> The traffic for my webpage shows up as a spike when I announce a new
> addition to the list.
>
> There is a continual number of visits that shows that many people are
> reading Gmane.
>
> Duplicated functionality, not at all. We are not a closed community!
>
> SHF
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Musbach" <johnmusbach1 at gmail.com>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 9:21 AM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Problem with "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts"?
>
>
>
>> On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 11:54 PM, Stephen H. Fischer
>> <SFischer1 at mindspring.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I noted earlier today that messages were not being echoed to gmane.
>>>
>>> I just looked at the archive for October 2012 and at a quick glance
>>> something did not look just right.
>>>
>>> Anyone seeing problems?
>>
>>
>> Why does it matter if they're going to gmane? The mailman list server
>> we're all using is pretty sufficient IMO for active communication
>> among subscribers and for those not subscribed mailman also maintains
>> a live archive. So effectively gmane serves nothing but duplicated
>> functionality for us.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> John Musbach
>>
>
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