+1.
I find MHonarc is much easier interface to use and better viewing experience.
Wish mailarchive.ietf had a similar user interface. Currently, I use MHonarc for this reason.
-Samita
On Jul 19, 2017 5:04 AM, "Nick Hilliard" <nick@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
without meaning to sound like a complete luddite (and top-posting for
extra effect), what Michael has written is exactly how I feel about both
systems, and I would be very unhappy to see mhonarc go.
Nick
Michael Richardson wrote:
> Robert Sparks <rjsparks@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > If you use the mhonarc archives heavily, and have not yet explored
> > mailarchive.ietf.org, we encourage you to do so now, and report any
> > difficulties you find. We recognize that the experience is different,
> > but many of the RFC 7842 driven improvements focused on minimizing the
> > transition pain.
>
> I stopped using mailarchive and I almost exclusively use mhonarc
> This is now easy since the dual links in the datatracker returned.
> I was making up the correct links before, which was a pain.
>
> I find the search-only interface to mailarchive annoying, and frankly slow.
>
> While the thread support is better, it is still not anywhere as close
> to MHonarc. When I find an email that I care about, and I ask for the
> thread view, I get the thread for the entire list --- yes, with that
> email opened, but the entire thread is there.
> If there is a URL for that thread, I don't know it, and it is not easily
> found.
>
> Frankly, I just feel stupid interacting with an active system when I
> know a set of static files would satisfy my needs. No matter how fast the
> active system can be made...
>
> > We have successfully tested the code that will redirect all existing
> > Mhonarc URLs into the mailarchive using the testlist.
>
> neat. I understand the desire to get rid of mhonarc. I want mailarchive
> to succeed, but it still feels really klunky to me.
>
> > We are not going to make this transition immediately, but we do plan to
> > make it more in the near future than the far future. Please help us
> > identify any additional things we can do to minimize the disruption to
> > your current workflow.
>
> It would be cool if I could get an IMAP URL from mailarchive, as that
> would let me jump from searching the archives for a relevant thread,
> and right into writing a reply to it.
>