I have read this document, and based on my experience with mailing lists
both at the IETF and the W3C, it is adequate. I sincerely hope that
support for Archived-At message header fields will be provided, because
this can be extremely convenient to quickly reference a message in
communication with third parties (starting with the mailing list proper).
Regards, Martin.
On 2012/07/17 1:30, The IESG wrote:
The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to consider
the following document:
- 'IETF Email List Archiving, Web-based Browsing and Search Tool
Requirements'
<draft-sparks-genarea-mailarch-05.txt> as Informational RFC
The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits
final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the
ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org mailing lists by 2012-08-13. Exceptionally, comments
may be
sent to iesg(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org instead. In either case, please retain the
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Abstract
The IETF makes heavy use of email lists to conduct its work.
Participants frequently need to search and browse the archives of
these lists, and have asked for improved search capabilities. The
current archive mechanism could also be made more efficient. This
memo captures the requirements for improved email list archiving and
searching systems.
The file can be obtained via
http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-sparks-genarea-mailarch/
IESG discussion can be tracked via
http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-sparks-genarea-mailarch/ballot/
No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.