INDEX users receives an index version of the Digest plus info on how to
"order" messages from LISTSERV. See Blues-L example appended (note: the
info on ordering message is customized to your list address).
 
It is done by sending SET LISTNAME INDEX
or SET LISTNAME INDEX FOR user@host
To get back to regular individual mail it is SET LISTNAME NOINDEX
 
It is an alternative for those who read their list via a news echo or
those who don't want to be bothered with the individual MAIL traffic.
And also for those tiny freenet mailboxes that can't handle either the
messages (number limitation) or the DIGEST (size limitation). Some of my
users also use it instead of NOMAIL to keep track of the list while they
are away ...
 
INDEX is sent once a day like the DIGEST.
 
I added myself to my list with a slightly different address and set it
to INDEX. So I can reorder message without having to use an index job to
find the message number. And I keep indexes for the past week and more.
--
Eric Paul-Hus , BLUES-L
 
----------- Example of a daily INDEX ---------------
Subject:     BLUES-L Index - 12 Dec 1996 to 13 Dec 1996
   Date:     Sat, 14 Dec 1996 00:00:04 -0500
   From:     Automatic digest processor <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To:     [log in to unmask]
     To:     Recipients of BLUES-L indexes <[log in to unmask]>
 
 
Index Date  Size Poster and subject
----- ----  ---- ------------------
20590 12/13   29 From:    Dan Gross <[log in to unmask]>
                 Subject: eRIC's BLUES DATE: Dec 13
 
[... snipped messages in between ...]
 
20704 12/13   19 From:    Jason Fristedt <[log in to unmask]>
                 Subject: class content
 
The sizes shown are the number of lines in the messages, not counting
mail
headers. For your convenience, this message has been specially formatted
to
make it easier to order the messages you are interested in. Just forward
this
message back to [log in to unmask] (or LISTSERV@BROWNVM) and
fill in
the line starting with "Print" (if there is not enough space, you can
add more
lines as long as you type "Print" on each new line). Make sure to use
the
forward command of your mail program, not the normal reply function.
There is a
lot more the LISTSERV database functions can do for you - for instance,
you can
select all the messages with a particular subject in a single command
rather
than retyping all the index numbers. For more information, send an INFO
DATABASE command to LISTSERV (you could add it before the line that says
"Database search" the next time you order messages from the LISTSERV
archive).
 
Another method which could be more convenient, depending on the mail
program
you are using, is to reply to this message while including the original
text,
just like when you are replying to a normal message and want to quote
what your
correspondent said. Before sending the message, delete the lines
corresponding
to the items you are not interested in, and make sure your reply is
being sent
to "[log in to unmask]", NOT to
"[log in to unmask]". Note that this may not work with all mail
programs; the first method is more reliable.
 
//       JOB
Database search DD=Orders
//Orders DD *
Select * in BLUES-L.20590-20704
Print <type the numbers of the messages you want here>
/*
//       EOJ