On: Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 12:18:38PM -0700,Ahern, Shannon Wrote:

} While we are talking about archives, I have gotten repeated requests from subscribers to be able to download the entire archive. *Why* they want to do this, after I have explained to them that they can always come look at it or run queries and request specific threads, I have no idea. But is there some easy mechanism for them to do this?

Not (that I know of) in one swell foop, but individual weekly or monthly
archives can be gotten.  Here is a chunk of some boilerplate I send out
when people ask:

[For weekly archives:]

To get a complete set of posts, send to the listserv:

    Index Sibernet-L

You will get back a list of the archives.  To request one or more of the
files, send to the listserv:

   Get Sibernet-L.LOGyymmw

You can have multiple Get commands in one email.

   yy = year
   mm = month
   w  = week of the month (A = first, B = second etc)

CAUTION:  These archive files are LARGE.

[For monthly archives:]

To get a complete set of posts, send to the listserv:

    Index Chinook-L

You will get back a list of the archives.  To request one or more of the
files, send to the listserv:

   Get Chinook-L.LOGyymm

You can have multiple Get commands in one email.

   yy = year
   mm = month

CAUTION:  These archive files are LARGE.

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