A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 6778 Title: Requirements for Archiving IETF Email Lists and for Providing Web-Based Browsing and Searching Author: R. Sparks Status: Informational Stream: IETF Date: October 2012 Mailbox: RjS@nostrum.com Pages: 8 Characters: 15396 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-sparks-genarea-mailarch-07.txt URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6778.txt 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. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes. INFORMATIONAL: This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce http://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcsearch.html. For downloading RFCs, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html. Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC