Hi Tomoyuki,
I can't think of a fully automatic way to implement access controls.
I'd really rather not implement a manual solution. I literally can't
afford to spend time administering a manual system. However, I'd be
happy to make an exception (in category 1, below) for you, because
of your many excellent suggestions.
Jeff
1) Have a single shared username/password for the entire archvie.
Pros: Just takes a few moments to implement. For example,
http://mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ is current testing
this arrangement.
Cons: Who supplies the password? Who changes the password?
Remember, there is no concept of "archive owner" or "archive
administrator" at mail-archive.com. Thus, I can't think of a
way to make the process fully automatic.
2) Have separate passwords for each list subscriber.
Pros: This is mildly better in terms of security. Popular choice
for companies like egroups.
Cons: Essentially impossible to maintain unless you have access to
subscriber lists. The archiving software has no idea who is
subscribed.
3) Digital certificate based access. Allow access to anyone presenting
a certificate from a trusted certificate authority. Probably it
would work best if a single certificate authority colluded with
both list administrators and mail-archive.com.
Pros: This is the best solution technically. It is secure, trivial
to maintain, and does not require users to remember yet
another password.
Cons: Digital certificates are not popular. Lists very rarely issue
digital certificates to subscribers.
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> >Is there anyway to restrict access to a particular set of archives fro
> m
> >a particular list, i.e. only members of the list can access the
> >archives.
>
> No, we do not support access controls. If your list is not meant to be
> publicly readable, please do not archive it at mail-archive.com.
>
> Jeff
a few months ago i once found an archive site on the www
that lets you do just that.
that site was a lot like this one, except that each list can
be "open" or "closed".
i wanted to check out an archive for As.Am. issues but it
was closed -- i had to join the mailing list to take a peek
in the archive.
i didn't want to get inundated with email so i couldn't even
take a quick peek.
