Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 00:39:54 -0500
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From: "Pickle (wes)" <greenvanagon@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: google search
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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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