Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #19683
From: Dale Rogers <dale.r@cox.net>
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: DO NOT ARCHIVE
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 14:39:24 -0500
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>


Charlie England <ceengland@bellsouth.net> wrote:

... The 'do not archive' business probably got started by guys who frequent the RV-list & other lists sponsored by Matt Dralle & Matronics. He has the feature in his list software so that deletion is automatic if the words are included anywhere in the post. His list is run not-for-profit, so he might be willing to share the code (he wrote it) if you are interested.

  Actually, that feature dates back to usenet groups.  It was a common feature of *N*X-based list servers, as a way to conserve scarce disk space.  By the time that Mickeysoft servers ascended to their present level of coverage, disk space had become (relatively) cheap, so it wasn't routinely implemented.

Dale R.


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