Hi all,
I have received many questions about archive retrieval. Here are the
instructions. Just put the name of the pertinent list where you see
RESEARCH-HOW-TO-D. Please read carefully!
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Here are the instructions for retrieving archives of past
messages on this List:
(Please read ALL of this message !!!!!)
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Send a message to RESEARCH-HOWTO-D-request(a)rootsweb.com
In the subject, type:
archive
In the body, type:
ls volume97
(The above is "el" "ess", not "one" "ess", and the
"97" tells
the RootsWeb server that you want a list of archives for the
year 1997.)
You get back a message that looks something like this:
From RESEARCH-HOWTO-D-request(a)rootsweb.comSat Jun 21 11:50:36 1997
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 08:47:22 -0700
From: RESEARCH-HOWTO-D-request(a)rootsweb.com
Reply to:
Please.write.a.new.mail.instead.of.replying(a)FIRST.WORD.archive
To: sgtgeorg(a)concentric.net
Subject: archive retrieval: ls volume97
ls -l volume97
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volume97:
total 107
-rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 6509 May 27 09:40 1
-rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 4631 Jun 8 18:11 10
-rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 6091 Jun 11 07:31 11
-rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 2465 Jun 14 18:17 12
-rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 3336 Jun 16 03:52 13
-rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 5078 Jun 17 12:55 14
-rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 2200 Jun 18 09:53 15
-rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 1243 Jun 19 09:53 16
-rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 6697 May 28 11:49 2
-rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 12819 May 29 08:19 3
-rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 4464 May 30 04:29 4
-rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 4422 May 31 06:07 5
-rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 7293 Jun 3 09:20 6
-rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 12527 Jun 4 04:35 7
-rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 8894 Jun 5 04:08 8
-rw-rw---- 1 slist slist 9516 Jun 7 16:46 9
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(You can ignore everything in the headers and in the first
three columns in the body. The information you are interested
in is in the last column. There are three pieces of information
in this 4th column: 1) the file size; 2) the date of the archive
file; 3) the file number.)
(Example: For the archive file of all messages received
by the List on the 3rd of June, it is 7,293 bytes in size and
its number is 6.)
Looking at the dates of the digest, you determine that you
want messages 8 through 16 (June 5 through June 19). The
file number is the last entry on each line.
Send another message to:
RESEARCH-HOWTO-D-request(a)rootsweb.com
In the subject, type:
archive
In the body, type:
get volume97/8 volume97/9 volume97/1?
where "?" is a UNIX wild-card meaning "any character";
"1?" will expand to 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19.
You should get back all of those files as individual messages.
For another List, substitute its name for "RESEARCH-HOWTO".
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Please NOTE: Messages to retrieve archives are sent to:
RESEARCH-HOWTO-D-request(a)rootsweb.com
not to:
RESEARCH-HOWTO-L-request(a)rootsweb.com
or
RESEARCH-HOWTO-L(a)rootsweb.com
or
RESEARCH-HOWTO-D(a)rootsweb.com
Also note that the line:
get volume97/8 volume97/9 volume97/1?
Is typed with no space between "volume" and "97/X", but
with a space between each "volume97/X".
If you have any problems with retrieving archives, please
send me a private post; DO NOT send your requests for
help to the List.
Hope this helps,
SgtGeorge
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Good luck in your quest,
Yvonne
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Yvonne James-Henderson, Burke, VA
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