No idea, beginning to think I might have made it up.
Last time I used it it was all Yahoo! Groups (which also gave me the
fear) but it seems to have smartened up a bit now..
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> Monique Szpak <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> 13 June 2014 15:36
> Where did you find the info? I can't see any rules regarding the use
> of email content in their ToS, their privacy policy or the emails
> themselves. Having said that they do tend to get a tad litigious so I
> can imagine them not being delighted with the idea of harvesting the
> email content for public consumption.
>
> Forgetting about an API or search mechanism, structured messages could
> still be useful for setting up local inbox filters.
>
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> Mike Ellis <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> 13 June 2014 15:15
>
> Yeah, I looked at this a while back. At the time (and things may have
> changed), they were very strict about letting people at their data.
> This also made me nervous...
>
> Mike
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> Monique Szpak <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> 13 June 2014 14:51
> i have often considered writing an API on top of the emails I get from
> Lambeth Freecycle to filter stuff that I'm interested in.
>
> What about trying a system of structured messages, embedding
> keywords/strings in the messages that could be used by an API to build
> a search engine of some sort, perhaps feed the emails into a Solr
> index and build a small front-end for it. You never know, Freecycle
> might actually take an interest in structured messaging to allow for
> filtering. If none of that works satisfactorily at least there will be
> some trial data to hammer out further requirements.
>
> Just ideas of the top of my head. Love the whole concept though!
>
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> Mike Ellis <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> 13 June 2014 14:38
> I'm personally a _little_ bit nervous about using Freecycle, partly
> because the functionality that they offer is very limited (for
> example: this absolutely needs an API, surely? And: this is museums
> we're talking about - they're going to want to tag / search by type /
> area / condition....?) ...It'll take at least a decade to decide the
> schema :-)
>
> ..but also because I've had experiences in the past of
> slightly...overzealous....moderators...
>
> But: it's a system which is already in place, which is a bonus..
>
> tt
>
> Mike
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> Tony Crockford <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> 13 June 2014 14:32
>
> A completely off the wall suggestion, but is there any mileage in
> approaching the big self storage companies to see if they’d offer
> short term storage for a scheme like this in return for sponsorship
> marketing on the re-used items?
>
> Might cover that scheduling issue between one exhibition ending and
> another starting.
>
> :)
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