Folks

I manage three Listserv lists, but also belong to one in my forensic 
economics profession whereby its is useful to have the archives cataloged by topic, 
user, etc, and whereby the email content is searchable and so is the subject 
line.  Every  year we are offered a CD with a complete archive for research 
purposes, created by one of our members who was one of the list owner for a time.  
Others who manage lists might find this useful.  

Here is a description of the software that does this.  If you are interested, 
the email is below

"Per our conversation, I have developed a software program with the 
capability of extracting emails from listserv archives and creating a database from 
them.  I have also developed a software program that uses the database to present 
the emails so the user can find any given email quickly and easily.  The 
database can be sorted by date, subject, or author.  Once sorted--say by 
author--the user can access a list of all authors.  Clicking on an author then gives 
another list of all subjects on which the author has written and the date.  The 
user can then easily follow threads (subjects) from start to finish. Users can 
also do key word SEARCHES of the emails or of the subject lines.  Anyone 
interested in finding out more about the possibility of making email archives more 
easily available to listserv members should contact me."

The software was developed by:
 
Mel Fredlund
Advocate Software
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(925) 256-6661