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 -- Peter M. Weiss "The 'NET' never naps" +1 814 863 1843 31 Shields Bldg. -- Penn State Univ -- University Park, PA 16802-1202 USA /* --------------------- clip and save ---------------- */ //ListSrch JOB Echo=no Database Search DD=Rules //Rules DD * S * in LSTOWN-L SINCE oct WHERE SUBJECT DOES NOT CONTAIN RE: index date.8 sender.25 subject.45 /* // EOJ /* --------------------- clip and save ---------------- */