FTP upload site (Was: Re: List behaviour)

[Philip Pemberton]

Jim Brain wrote:
> It's a valid point, but how do we ensure that the information is not 
> subject to FTP site "entropy"?

The obvious solution would be to get a couple of mirror sites rsync'ing 
against each other...

 > I can see information getting dumped
> there, and then no one picks up and stores it in the proper place (site 
> with related information, in a directory structure that makes sense) 
> because it's "taken care of".  Then, as times goes on, the site ends up 
> with so much uncategorized information that we must rely on the archives 
> to sort out what a file actually holds.

You could always force uploaders to specify a category and/or description of 
every file they upload. An archive link would be even better, but you're not 
going to know that until you've uploaded the file and posted the message...

> If someone volunteers to manage the layout and ensure stuff gets to a 
> reasonable spot with a reasonable name, my concerns are addressed, but I 
> don't want to saddle Jay with that responsibility.

I'd be willing to set something up, but I don't want "people with questionable 
morals" using it to share MP3s and so forth -- ideally I'd want it to be 
accessible only by cctalk/cctech members, but IIRC there isn't an easy way to 
check that. The best idea I can come up with is to rig up a script that 
attempts to log into the Mailman subscription options page (which only 
requires an email address) and bomb out if Mailman rejects the email address...

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Phil.
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