Admin Notice: Updated rules for lists.apple.com mailing lists and other site updates
Admin Notice: Updated rules for lists.apple.com mailing lists and other site updates
- Subject: Admin Notice: Updated rules for lists.apple.com mailing lists and other site updates
- From: Chuq Von Rospach <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2002 19:34:02 -0800
This message is being sent to all subscribers of discussion lists hosted on
lists.apple.com. We apologize in advance if you get multiple copies of this.
Item in this message:
o Updated rules for use of the mailing lists on lists.apple.com
o Notice of upcoming changes to the archives and search engine
o new FAQ item: how to link to www.lists.apple.com
o new FAQ item: technical details about lists.apple.com
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Updated rules for use of the mailing lists on lists.apple.com
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We want to inform you that we have revised the rules that we ask all
subscribers to follow when they use our mailing lists. Please review the
updated rules:
http://www.lists.apple.com/rules.shtml
so you're aware of what we consider acceptable use of these lists. For the
most part, the changes are minor, unless you maintain an archive of messages
of these lists that is not for personal use only. If you maintain any kind
of archive of messages that is accessible to the public in any way, you need
to look at the new restrictions and drop us an e-mail to discuss how to get
permission to maintain that list.
It would also be a good time to review our FAQ:
http://www.lists.apple.com/cgi-bin/mwf/board_show.pl?id=4
since we've added a number of items recently to answer common questions
we've been getting (and we keep getting questions that are already answered
in the FAQ. Please check there before writing...)
If you have comments on the rules, drop me a line. I'm always willing to
listen and consider improvements.
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Notice of upcoming changes to the archives and search engine
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Over the last few months, we have gotten a lot of feedback on the archives
and the search engine. We've been listening, and I'm happy to say that we've
been working on a new archiving setup, and the first pieces of it are ready
to go. Over the next few weeks, we will be making changes to the text
archives, and converting all of the old data to the new format.
During the conversion, there are going to be times when parts of the archive
are going to be offline, or in an inconsistent state. There are also going
to be times when the search engine is out of sync with the archives, and
returning bad links. We are going to try to minimize these problems -- but
it's a large set of data, and it's going to take time to do the conversion,
and some conversion issues are going to occur. Please be patient while we
make these changes -- I think we'll all like the new format much better once
we get there, and we'll try to minimize the hassles during the trip.
Once we get the new text archives converted and in place, we'll be rolling
out an improved search engine. That will happen a few weeks after the
archive conversion is finished, once we're sure it's fully functioning with
the entire set of data. We will try to keep the existing search engine
functioning through the conversion, but it may not be able to handle the new
archives. If it can't, we'll do what we can to minimize the downtime or
limitations.
We'll put out more details on the search engine as we get ready to roll it
out.
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o new FAQ item: how to link to www.lists.apple.com
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We've noticed a number of people posting links to www.lists.apple.com on
their web sites (thank you!). Not all of the links have been done in ways
that we can guarantee will not break as we upgrade the system.
Because of this, we've created a FAQ item that defines what is and isn't
safe, and how to link to our site in a way that won't break, no matter what
we change. If you maintain links to our listings, you should take a look at
this:
http://www.lists.apple.com/cgi-bin/mwf/topic_show.pl?id=221
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o new FAQ item: technical details about lists.apple.com
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Finally, we've gotten many requests for the details of what makes the
lists.apple.com system run. To answer those, we've added a FAQ item with the
technical details and some other information about this site. if you're
interested in what makes all this tick, see:
http://www.lists.apple.com/cgi-bin/mwf/topic_show.pl?id=220
We have other things in store for the upcoming months. We think the
lists.apple.com system's a pretty good one -- but we don't plan on resting
on our laurels. Stay tuned.
Chuq Von Rospach
Architech and Lead Admin
www.lists.apple.com
email@hidden
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