Requirements for Archiving IETF Email Lists and for Providing Web-Based Browsing and Searching
RFC 6778
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RFC - Informational
(October 2012; No errata)
Was draft-sparks-genarea-mailarch (individual in gen area)
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Author | Robert Sparks | ||
Last updated | 2015-10-14 | ||
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Document shepherd | No shepherd assigned | ||
IESG | IESG state | RFC 6778 (Informational) | |
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Responsible AD | Russ Housley | ||
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) R. Sparks Request for Comments: 6778 Tekelec Category: Informational October 2012 ISSN: 2070-1721 Requirements for Archiving IETF Email Lists and for Providing Web-Based Browsing and Searching Abstract The IETF makes heavy use of email lists to conduct its work. Participants frequently need to search and browse the archives of these lists and have asked for improved search capabilities. The current archive mechanism could also be made more efficient. This memo captures the requirements for improved email list archiving and searching systems. Status of This Memo This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes. This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has received public review and has been approved for publication by the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Not all documents approved by the IESG are a candidate for any level of Internet Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 5741. Information about the current status of this document, any errata, and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6778. Copyright Notice Copyright (c) 2012 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the document authors. All rights reserved. This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of publication of this document. Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. Code Components extracted from this document must include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Simplified BSD License. Sparks Informational [Page 1] RFC 6778 List Archiving and Search Requirements October 2012 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ....................................................2 2. List Search and Archive Requirements ............................3 2.1. Search and Browsing ........................................3 2.2. Archiving Active Lists .....................................5 2.3. Importing Messages from Other Archives .....................5 2.4. Exporting Messages from the Archives .......................5 2.5. Redundancy .................................................6 2.6. Archive Administration .....................................6 2.7. Transition Requirements ....................................7 3. Internationalized Address Considerations ........................7 4. IMAP Access .....................................................7 5. Security Considerations .........................................7 6. Acknowledgements ................................................7 7. Informative References ..........................................8 1. Introduction The IETF makes heavy use of email lists to conduct its work. Participants frequently need to search the archives of these lists and have asked for improved search capabilities, particularly when the search needs to cover a large period of time or cross several lists. For instance, document editors, shepherds, working group chairs, and area directors may need to review all discussion of a particular draft. That discussion may be spread across the working group list, one or more directorate lists, and the IETF general list. Occasionally, work impacts multiple groups, possibly in different areas, and the search must cover additional working group lists. The current tools for performing these searches require several manually coordinated steps, which are error prone. Without a local copy of the archive (which may not be complete), searching most working group lists requires brute force effort, aided possibly by web search engines. More advanced search capabilities have been constructed for a limited subset of the available lists and are exposed in the "Email Archives Quick Search" section of the main IETF website. While these tools are of great assistance, there is still significant need for improvement. The current archive mechanism could also be made more efficient. The current practices involve duplicate stores (for the web and ftp interfaces), which impact storage and replication and are subject to inconsistency. Sparks Informational [Page 2] RFC 6778 List Archiving and Search Requirements October 2012Show full document text