[Vwoolf] An archived copy of the listserv

[Edward Mendelson]

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A member of this list asked about the possibility of archiving its 
messages in case, in light of the political situation, the current 
archives should be disrupted.

I was disappointed to see that the site is not copied on archive.org 
(the Wayback Machine) and I don't see an easy way to ask for the site to 
be archived there.

But as for making one's own copy of the archive: nothing easier. A free 
program called HTTrack (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.httrack.com__;!!KGKeukY!1OV9h2_HkVtclRXssyHQ_5MMIB_3700btn1-lk5ZSyKyEQWZ57fsmLqKC3fWzRnny9hejnjuHZSasmMx467Vj8gknMB2yF2V0Nk$ ) does the job quickly 
and easily; a few other programs can do the same, but this is the one 
I've used most recently. Here is the result, stored on my university web 
site:

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.columbia.edu/*em36/vwlist__;fg!!KGKeukY!1OV9h2_HkVtclRXssyHQ_5MMIB_3700btn1-lk5ZSyKyEQWZ57fsmLqKC3fWzRnny9hejnjuHZSasmMx467Vj8gknMB2Liqbr0E$ 

This is a copy of the archives as of today's date, but anyone can 
download HTTrack (or similar software) and make a more current version 
in the future. Perhaps someone has a thought about what would be a more 
suitable place for it, and about who might be willing to maintain it?