The Old Board Info Copied to CD?

John D. · 06-02-2003, 07:24 PM

Well, since my servers, systems and software actually are the ones that sit about 10 feet from where I'm writing this, and that's where all the messages are stored - let me add my $0.00002... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

The messages are in UUENCODED TEXT files - and threads are a single TEXT message, with header information.... There are approximately 59,000 of these held within 20 subdirectories. The "software" does little more then render the text files as a message/thread - and then the Message Index holds the "search words". Another small database holds the message ID and location, so the SEARCH knows where to find it....

Furthermore - it is possible to "import/export" these archives in a global import scheme/program - including stripping e-mail addresses and IP addresses (they are the only "personal info contained to the messages) - but frankly - I don't have time to do it.

And moreover - the "contents" of the individual posts belong to the actual person who made the "post", and the overall archives (as the compendium of posts, much like a "magazine"), belong the the site. Which raises some logistical issues, in so far as getting folks permission to copy/use their posts in another media (archive vs. CD).

So - unfortunately - the answer is still "probably not" - but not exactly for the reasons cited...

HTH.....

06-02-2003, 07:24 PM	#4
John D. Administrator & Site Owner LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: A Little NE of Somewhere... Posts: 2,651 Thanks: 478 Thanked 517 Times in 129 Posts	Well, since my servers, systems and software actually are the ones that sit about 10 feet from where I'm writing this, and that's where all the messages are stored - let me add my $0.00002... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /> The messages are in UUENCODED TEXT files - and threads are a single TEXT message, with header information.... There are approximately 59,000 of these held within 20 subdirectories. The "software" does little more then render the text files as a message/thread - and then the Message Index holds the "search words". Another small database holds the message ID and location, so the SEARCH knows where to find it.... Furthermore - it is possible to "import/export" these archives in a global import scheme/program - including stripping e-mail addresses and IP addresses (they are the only "personal info contained to the messages) - but frankly - I don't have time to do it. And moreover - the "contents" of the individual posts belong to the actual person who made the "post", and the overall archives (as the compendium of posts, much like a "magazine"), belong the the site. Which raises some logistical issues, in so far as getting folks permission to copy/use their posts in another media (archive vs. CD). So - unfortunately - the answer is still "probably not" - but not exactly for the reasons cited... HTH.....