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Subject: Re: LSOFT's Listserv vs. LYRIS
From: rasmus @ mail1 . bellglobal . com
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 14:10:18 -0500 (EST)
To: James Cook <jcook @ netcom . com>
Cc: List-Managers @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <Pine.3.89.9611261045.A3483-0100000@netcom>
Reply-to: rasmus @ mail1 . bellglobal . com

> The Lyris package (http://www.lyris.com) mentions a few points which may 
> make it more attractive to users. First, it purports to automatically 
> archive AND index all messages, which are full text searchable by use of 
> boolean operators via a web interface. My impression is that the archiving 
> features of other packages are more difficult to use, at least for the 
> average user with limited sophistication, and are perhaps more accessible 
> due to the search engine built in. It also seems to me that perhaps the 
> great influx of newbies to lists would stir up less extraneous admin 
> traffic if the user-configuration options of the web interface (point and 
> click) works as claimed. 

SmartList automatically archives as well.  And sticking something like
WebGlimpse on top of it to do full-text searching is trivial.  Somehow I
doubt that the text search capabilities of Lyris comes close to matching
the sophistication of a dedicated text search engine like Glimpse.

-Rasmus


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