Hi Mike > How can we preserve the listserv archive? List archives are written in plain-text. See the Site Manager's Manual, Section 18.10.3, for details of the format <http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/16.0/htmlhelp/site%20managers/FileandNotebookArchives.html#2335536>. Ask your host if they can compress the files into an archive and make them available for download or, if the cost isn't too much, write them to a DVD or USB thumb drive and post it to you. You can then make them available through your choice of web service, either as a complete download or uncompress them and make the text visible in a browser. If you know someone who's a handy web programmer they could probably knock together a search function that will parse the data and display the results in a friendlier format (this is exactly what LISTSERV's web interface already does). -- Michael Shannon [log in to unmask] ############################ To unsubscribe from the LSTOWN-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-PEACH.exe?SUBED1=LSTOWN-L&A=1