If the original digest contained "data" that confused the
Mail Transfer Agent, then retrieving the archives might have
the exact same effect.  I've seen this occur when an embedded
RFC821/2 end-of-message indicate appears (a period in the first
column followed by all white-space).
 
OUTLIM does work in the below context:
 
Here is a SEARCH job when sent to the LISTSERV would retrieve
up to 3k lines of Melvin Klassen's postings to LSTOWN-L.
 
/* --------------------- clip and save ---------------- */
//ListSrch JOB Echo=no
Database Search DD=Rules OUTLIM=3000 f=mail
//Rules DD *
s * in lstown-l where sender contains klassen
print
/*
//  EOJ
/* --------------------- clip and save ---------------- */
 
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