Hello Pete Weiss, hello list owners, > >I am searching for a possibility to convert the mails of a LISTSERV > >archive in a database format. The aim is to collect the mails on a > >CD-ROM to be able to search them through by a database program. > I suspect that the requirement for a CD-ROM is irrelevant to the > conversion. The CD-ROM shall be used as a hand-out to people who do not know a specific mailing list yet to give them an impression of the discussions. So the database program has to be either on the CD-ROM itself or it has to be a quite common one. > Also, why doesn't LISTSERV(R) SEARCH fulfill your need? Would it be possible to run a free LISTSERV evaluation kit directly from CD-ROM or would it be necessary to install the program on the hard disk? cu Erwin