>>>2. The list of topics should include the name of the poster, so one can
>>>easily look for posts from one's favourite(s).
 
>The list of topics is compressed so that one thread = one line. Otherwise
>it would be unusable for large lists.
 
For those lists that have notebooks, you can Roll Your Own
Index (sortof, kindof).  If you can schedule a nightly
script to send to listserv:
 
/* --------------------- clip and save ---------------- */
//ListSrch JOB Echo=no CPULIM=30
Database Search DD=Rules OUTLIM=2000 f=mail
//Rules DD *
S * in LSTOWN-L SINCE TODAY
index #.5 #recs.6 sender.17 subject.47
* PRINT
/*
//  EOJ
/* --------------------- clip and save ---------------- */
 
After you get back the output, remove the string 'since today'
and replace '* PRINT' with 'PRINT nnn'
 
nnn is the document number returned by INDEX in the left hand
    column
nnn may be repeated, separated by commas.
 
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