Improvements to the mailarch tool, and plans to discontinue the mhonarc archives

Robert Sparks <rjsparks@nostrum.com> · Wed, 3 Oct 2018 13:19:00 -0500



    There have been several improvements to the mailarch tool recently.
    

     If you haven't already discovered it, please try out the new
      "Static Mode", 

      particularly if you frequently use the Mhonarc archives. 

      
      See, for example, <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/static/ietf/2018-09/>.
      

      To get this view by default when browsing lists, set "Static Mode
      On" in the 

      Settings menu at top right of the page. This preference is stored
      in a cookie.

      
      Also note that the speed of searching a list, and searching across
      multiple lists 

      has been significantly improved. The use of whitespace and fonts
      have also been 

      adjusted. 

    
    We are working towards a single copy of the archived
      mail list messages. Currently,
    mailarch and IMAP work from the same files, but
      MonArch uses a separate set of files

      in another format.
    

    We plan to discontinue the use of Mhonarc soon, likely between IETF
    103 and 104. 

    When we make that change, all exising URLs into the Mhonarc archives
    will redirect 

    to the same message in mailarch as discussed in section 2.7 of
    RFC6778. 

    
    Please exercise the mailarch system. If you find issues, report them
    at 

    <https://trac.tools.ietf.org/tools/ietfdb/newticket>
    and choose the 

    "MailArchive: User Interface Component". Alternatively, you can send
    mail 

    to mailarch-project@ietf.org.