In article MSGID, FAST FISH <[log in to unmask]> says:
 
>Hi, I've been extracting various threads on my list into
>files and placing them on the fileserver. I wondered about
>two things: 1) would it be a good practice to reduce the
>size of the notebooks correspondingly as I take the
>various related messages out of them and place them in
>files? Is that commonly done on other fileservers?
 
No and No.
 
>2) is there any way that fileserver files can be
>included in Listserv searches, i.e. included in the
>database as searchable items? I guess I'm thinking
>of the researcher who searches my list without
>bothering to get the filelist first, and comes
>up empty-handed.
 
Well it might be possible for the truly adventurous, but
since you've had to ask, no.  Keep them in the NOTEBOOKs
and then you don't have to invent a wheel.  For more search
tips and techniques, get the notebook archives of LDBASE-L
on LISTSERV@ukanvm or @ukanvm.cc.ukans.edu.
 
LDBASE (Search) provides a "roll-your-own" thread mechanish.
 
See a possible script below for finding current threads (of
discussion) on the LSTSRV-L list.
 
BTW, a non-LISTSERV system called ASTRA might be able to do what
you are asking, but I am not positive.  (I believe that ASTRA has
been mentioned in the LDBASE-L notebook archives.)
 
/Pete ([log in to unmask])  --  co-owner  LDBASE-L, TQM-L, CPARK-L, et -L
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Peter M. Weiss         "The 'NET' never naps"             +1 814 863 1843
31 Shields Bldg. -- Penn State Univ -- University Park, PA 16802-1202 USA
 
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