On: Wed, May 09, 2007 at 01:28:38AM -0400,Joyce Niblack Wrote:

} The site that hosts my lists recently had a major crash.  It isn't  certain 
} how much data was lost.  The archives seem to be restored but I  would like to 
} back them up to be safe.  The list is over a decade  old.  What would be the 
} easiest way to make a back up.  What commands  do I use.  Would scan disks be 
} suitable for storage.

You could do what I do.  Do you have a few gigs of spare space on your
PC?  Do an INDEX and a GET for the various files, then store them.  I
zip them to save space.  It will be a bit tedious for the back issues,
then you collect each month's archive as the month ends (or week if you
have weekly archives).

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