Hey everybody with gmail.

I'm working on putting together a master file of emails so that it will
be possible to easily import all the past vanagon emails into gmail,
using the method suggested by Tim here.  I will host the file with
easy-to-follow instructions sometime over the next few days on a
webserver where people can download it.

So let's not all hammer gerry trying to do this all at once!

-Wes

honemastert wrote:
> Fellow Vanagon Listee's
>
> It's not exactly easy, but not that
> difficult either:
>
> Yes the GET command
> is what I used, but you have to first get
> a list of the archive files.
>
> send an email to gerry
> listserv@gerry.vanagon.com
> with the subject:   VANAGON FILELIST
>
> That gives you an archive list.. then I used
> gnu emacs (any text editor with 'rectangular'
> (e.g. columnar cut/paste)will work,
>  to formulate a list  of 'GET' commands..
>
> So.. see the following snipping of the
> return of the first command......
>
>
> date  Fri, Mar 3, 2006 at 3:34 PM
> subject       "VANAGON FILELIST"
>
> Reply
>
> *
> * Archive files for the vanagon list at GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> * (weekly logs)
> *
> * filename      filetype        GET PUT size (bytes) date       time
> * --------      --------        --- --- ------------ ---------- --------
>  VANAGON       LOG9404         LOG OWN      766,788 1998-04-20 15:37:24
>  VANAGON       LOG9405         LOG OWN      501,033 1998-04-20 15:37:44
>  VANAGON       LOG9406         LOG OWN      100,917 1998-03-05 18:38:00
>  VANAGON       LOG9407         LOG OWN      792,711 1998-04-20 15:38:16
>  VANAGON       LOG9408         LOG OWN    1,501,131 1998-04-20 15:39:16
>  VANAGON       LOG9409         LOG OWN    1,514,406 1998-04-20 15:40:44
>  VANAGON       LOG9410         LOG OWN    1,560,470 1998-04-20 15:41:02
>  VANAGON       LOG9411         LOG OWN    1,833,551 1998-04-20 15:42:34
>  VANAGON       LOG9412         LOG OWN      477,582 1998-04-20 15:44:00
> ...
> ....
> .....
>
> Then you send another formatted email like the following to
> gerry (same address as above)
>
> You can put these commands in the body of the email as I recall..
>
> Want to grab the first few? (the filename's changed BTW, so this still
> doesnt preclude running the 'FLIELIST' command for yourself!
>
>  GET VANAGON        LOG0001
>  GET VANAGON        LOG0002
>  GET VANAGON        LOG0003
>  GET VANAGON        LOG0004
>  GET VANAGON        LOG0005
> ...
> ....
> .....
>
> The cool thing is now that I have Google desktop search
> enabled on my Windows or Mac, it will cache a local copy
> of the search index on said machine.  Then I dont need to
> necessarily be connected to the internet to retrieve the
> info I'm looking for.  (of course, you have to be connected
> for the initial indexing to work)
>
> This takes the methods the other folks are using a step
> further and makes it more portable/avail offline.
>
> It is true though, most everything has been discussed about
> these vans 'ad naseaum' :-) so the early archives dont
> necessarily reveal any new info that the last 5 years or
> so dont contain.  It is cool to be able to search by
> name of poster, say Dennis Haynes, Benny Boy, Boston Bob (RIP)
> and many of the other list 'illuminati'
>
>
> hope this helps, but that being said.. please dont go
> hammering the server with a ton of these commands, I'd
> imagine if everyone does this, it's gonna bring gerry
> to his knees!
>
> All the listserv commands can be retrieved by issuing
> a 'help' message to gerry.
>
>
>  -tim
>
>
> 90 syncro westy
> gilbert, az
>
> http://www.timschneider.org
>

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