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List:       hypermail
Subject:    Re: on-the-fly html encoding
From:       Shane Wegner <shane () cm ! nu>
Date:       2000-07-24 19:46:53
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On Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 04:09:25PM +0200, Daniel Stenberg wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Shane Wegner wrote:
> 
> > One in mbox format and one in HTML.  My question is are there any
> > CGI scripts or interfaces out there that will somehow use hypermail to
> > generate an html version of an mbox message and display it on the web.
> 
> Why not just convert the mailbox to HTML and remove the original mailbox
> file? It seems like a waste of resources to do on-the-fly converting of
> static contents.

What would one do then if the format of the website changed.  Let's say I
changed the header or footer file.  If I keep mbox files around, I can
regenerate the whole archive using the new headers.


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Shane Wegner: shane@cm.nu
Personal website: http://www.cm.nu/~shane/

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