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Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:48:23 -0700
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Subject: Re: Problems with mod_mbox
From: Paul Querna <paul@querna.org>
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On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Noah Slater<nslater@apache.org> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I just sent the following email to the CouchDB developer list:
>
> =C2=A0http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/couchdb-dev/200907.mbox/<2=
0090722214200.GA11737@tumbolia.org>
>
> Preparing these emails is such a chore, I thought I'd post some comments =
here:
>
> =C2=A0* The URIs are really horrible.
> =C2=A0* With the following list:
> =C2=A0* As I am forced to not use this feature of my UA, if I just click =
a link in
> Sorry if I seem like a total arse, I'm just feeling a frustrated! Heh.
>
> Is this project being actively maintained? The last news item was from 20=
05. If
> the project is dead, maybe the ASF should consider ditching it's use for =
our
> mailing lists. It's a royal pain in the arse at the moment.

mod_mbox is open source:

<http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/mod_mbox/trunk/>

patches welcome :)

The Infra team isn't aware of a good alternative, but sure, if there
was one, we would consider using it.

I wouldn't call it 'dead', but sure, mostly unmaintained. It needs
some loving, especially on the user interface.

Thanks,

Paul