[frgeek-michiana] Fw: [Freelists News] Misc. updates
- From: "Mike Cook" <mikecook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 05:43:57 -0400
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From: "John Madden" <weez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 9:55 PM
Subject: [Freelists News] Misc. updates
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> There are quite a few things going on and quite a few more yet to happen,
> so I thought I'd send out a quick update.
>
> - We've just installed a new version of Ecartis. Among other things, this
> includes a fix for the password changing feature that we had to disable
> for security reasons. (That hole was patched within hours, but we
> obviously can't just upgrade on a whim, hence the delay.)
>
> - The archives will soon be re-vamped. We're growing very quickly, and
> we'll run out of disk space shortly, so the archives need to be more
> efficient. We'll probably remove the "full thread" views, as they
> duplicate a lot of data. All email addresses will be munged for anti-spam
> reasons. Any other suggestions welcome -- we're looking for strong
> presentation of the data in an easy-to-generate, low disk-usage,
> high-performance way.
>
> We might be removing the option to add a password on the archives (discuss
> on freelists-users?). Those that have been here since the beginning
> probably remember when we didn't offer password protection, and many
> requested the feature to protect the privacy of their users. With
> anti-spam munging, privacy isn't an issue, so the need for passwords goes
> away as well. (The other argument was to keep help data private, which
> obviously goes against the FreeLists' mantra of openness anyway; those
> list owners might consider finding a new home if we were to remove this
> feature.)
>
> - MailandFiles.com accounts aren't selling very well. It's a great
service
> offered at a great price. We need your support -- please tell your
> friends, subscribers, neighbors and help us get the word out. FreeLists'
> survival may sometime depend on MailandFiles.com's profitability.
>
> - Our design guru, Bill Webster, has put a lot of work into new FreeLists
> merchandise, which we hope will also pull in some funds. Another
> announcement about that will be coming soon.
>
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
>
>
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