I personally think it's a good idea, nice to have a reference to pages that don't exist anymore, or to look back into your own past to see just how lame you were, or rather, just how far you've come :)

Just out of interest, you got a link to the discussion?

'fraid not... Webdesign-l doesn't keep a web archive of its own discussions. The listmom is a fervent anti-spam advocate, so won't put the emails up for public browsing.