> Date:         Wed, 18 Mar 1998 20:32:39 -0500
> From: JWISDOM <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject:      Archived postings
>
>         Can a new subscriber obtain old postings to a listserv? How?

That depends ;)

By sending the command

INDex listname

to the appropriate listserv the user will get a list of available
files concerning the list in question.
If these include filenames beginning with LOG and ending
in numbers, the user may - if he has sufficient privileges -
download them with the

GET listname.LOGnnn

command. (nnn specifies the timeframe of the particular log)

If this is not possible (because of the list settings in effect)
his only hope will be in the list maintainer and other subscribers
who may have a personal archive of the list's postings.

Mike

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Michael H. Ionescu
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