[kwlug disc.] archiving email

[donald tees]

Chris Frey wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 02:06:30PM -0400, donald tees wrote:
>   
>> If you want to be able to read them a dozen years from now, I'd suggest 
>> printing them as PDF files, and putting them on a DVD. That can be done 
>> with half a dozen mouse clicks, though indexing them would be a bit more 
>> problematic.
>>     
>
> I'm not sure why people might assume that PDF files would be easier to read
> in the future than ASCII text....
>
> :-)
>
> - Chris
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That is true enough.  I was thinking of things like invoices, though 
they are usually attached as PDF's to start with.

Donald