SAVE THIS MESSAGE FOR FUTURE REFERENCE !!!!! *********************************************************** The Archives of past messages are now available at RootsWeb. It is just a little complicated getting these archives, but I have tried below to make it as easy as possible. The examples I give are for retrieving archives for the HOMESPUN List. For other Lists, just substitute the name of the List for HOMESPUN. MAKE SURE YOU DO IT "EXACTLY" AS I HAVE SHOWN BELOW !!!!! Send a message to [email protected] In the subject, type: Archive In the body, type: ls volume97 (Put nothing else in the body; turn off any automatic signature; in the last line above that is an "el" "ess", not "one" "ess".) You will receive back a message with the following in the body: ls -l volume97 BEGIN---------------cut here------------------ total 1518 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 24270 May 24 04:16 1 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 14473 May 31 10:23 10 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 26394 Jun 1 06:02 11 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 26297 Jun 1 17:00 12 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 26478 Jun 2 09:12 13 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 31642 Jun 3 00:34 14 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 14279 Jun 3 18:48 15 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 30368 Jun 4 17:24 16 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 23148 Jun 5 11:29 17 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 15103 Jun 6 08:09 18 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 13941 Jun 7 05:06 19 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 22659 May 25 00:46 2 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 31791 Jun 7 15:41 20 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 30899 Jun 8 04:44 21 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 27920 Jun 8 11:51 22 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 32138 Jun 8 16:05 23 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 30793 Jun 9 00:32 24 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 30672 Jun 9 07:44 25 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 28899 Jun 9 12:26 26 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 31194 Jun 9 16:36 27 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 31412 Jun 9 20:25 28 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 31785 Jun 9 21:37 29 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 31074 May 25 19:49 3 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 32045 Jun 9 22:55 30 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 32166 Jun 10 07:50 31 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 31414 Jun 10 12:02 32 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 31886 Jun 10 15:23 33 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 29672 Jun 10 16:45 34 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 32146 Jun 10 22:25 35 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 32083 Jun 11 08:25 36 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 31285 Jun 11 16:49 37 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 31960 Jun 11 23:41 38 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 31573 Jun 12 09:21 39 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 31726 May 26 17:52 4 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 31457 Jun 12 13:12 40 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 31496 Jun 12 21:32 41 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 28791 Jun 13 06:20 42 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 29548 Jun 13 20:38 43 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 28930 Jun 14 11:10 44 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 24472 Jun 15 05:49 45 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 28648 Jun 16 01:17 46 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 28043 Jun 16 19:54 47 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 25767 Jun 17 14:13 48 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 18603 Jun 18 08:52 49 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 20984 May 27 13:51 5 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 30804 Jun 18 23:51 50 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 21309 Jun 19 17:52 51 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 30996 Jun 20 09:18 52 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 28747 Jun 21 03:31 53 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 24623 Jun 21 21:50 54 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 31139 May 28 04:59 6 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 18821 May 28 23:02 7 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 24055 May 29 17:17 8 -rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 8345 May 30 14:59 9 END-----------------cut here------------------ You can ignore the first three columns on the left. What you are looking for is the last column. The first numbers are the sizes of each Archive digest. Then the date and time of the Archive; then the Archive Number for that date. Note that some dates have more than one Archive. That is because there were so many messages for those dates that the file size would have exceeded the byte limit, or the number limit. Now for an example of how to retrieve the Archives for June 1, 1997. This date has two archives, Numbers 11 and 12. Send another message to [email protected] In the subject, type: Archive In the body, type: get volume97/11 volume97/12 NOTE: Type exactly as above. You will get back two messages, one for Archive Number 11, and one for Archive Number 12. You can also use a "wildcard" in the command in the body. Suppose you want the Archives numbered 10 through 19. You would type: get volume97/1? Then you would get back 10 individual messages, each containing an Archive with a different number. If you have difficulty, you might visit the RootsWeb site and study the instructions prepared by Listmaster Karen Isaacson. The URL is: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/members/archives.html (Thanks Karen!) I have experimented with this and have noticed that some of the earlier Archives are not formatted exactly properly. The later ones look exactly like the Digests you would receive if you were subscribed under the Digest Mode. Apparently, the archives of messages from the old MAISER Lists are not available. I know that they were transferred from MAISER to RootsWeb, but don't know if they will be made available later or not. If so, I will notify everyone. If you have ANY questions on retrieving Archives, just send me a private email. I'm always available for help. SgtGeorge mailto:[email protected] George W. Durman 925 Kevin Rd. 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