X-Original-To: pgsql-www-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37318D1B1AB for ; Tue, 13 Jul 2004 10:55:21 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 47163-06 for ; Tue, 13 Jul 2004 13:55:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.iinet.net.au (mail-09.iinet.net.au [203.59.3.41]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6BBA0D1B289 for ; Tue, 13 Jul 2004 10:55:10 -0300 (ADT) Received: (qmail 21830 invoked from network); 13 Jul 2004 13:55:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.10.3?) (203.217.57.221) by mail.iinet.net.au with SMTP; 13 Jul 2004 13:55:18 -0000 Message-ID: <40F3E9CA.2030809@postgresql.org> Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 23:55:22 +1000 From: Justin Clift User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.2 (Windows/20040707) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bruce Momjian Cc: PostgreSQL www Subject: Re: Remove email search References: <200407131339.i6DDdWZ10303@candle.pha.pa.us> In-Reply-To: <200407131339.i6DDdWZ10303@candle.pha.pa.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 tagged_above=0.0 required=5.0 tests= X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200407/44 X-Sequence-Number: 4714 Bruce Momjian wrote: > After years of failure to support a reliable, fast search capability for > our email list, I suggest we give up and move to just pointing to Google > Groups. Our search screens have been mostly an embarrassment for us, > and it is time to give up and move on: > > http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=comp.databases.postgresql Hmmm... do they cover enough of the mailing lists to be effective, and do they retain the emails for a really long time? :-) > I also think we need to start purchasing our own servers with company > donations and move to a more independent infrastructure. Well, lets draw up some equipment targets, figure out pricing, and figure out how much we have in the kitty. :) Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift