Thanks for the replies. Some reactions - At 01:25 AM 7/20/99 Ben Parker wrote: >Note your search command is ridiculously broad, and will probably return >all messages ever posted to the list. But that's what I want to do, see the title of evey post, in connection with pruning the archives of junk in preparation for moving the list ot a new host where I have to pay for storage. The list is only 6 mos old, at about 100 posts/mo. At 11:52 AM 7/20/99 Rich Greenberg wrote: >No need to do a search here. Just do: > > INDEX Listname-L > >and then a GET on each file. (This assumes you have archives.) No, by looking at the titles (Search) I want to zero in on the logs (Get) that I really need to dowload and prune. Sorry if I didn't make this clear in my original post. I do appreciate these discussions as a way to become adept at list management -- ed --- Ed Agro, Peacenet Balkans Desk, Boston [log in to unmask]