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Date:         Wed, 4 Mar 1998 18:34:37 -0800
Reply-To:     Ron Lussier <coyote@LIKEMINDS.COM>
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From:         Ron Lussier <coyote@LIKEMINDS.COM>
Subject:      New Vanagon list archives
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Howdy,

PLEASE READ THIS LETTER TO THE END. IT IS IMPORTANT. THANKS, AND SORRY FOR SHOUTING.

First, I want to thank Skip Montanaro for running an excellent Vanagon mailing list archive. Many people read the mailing list via this archive, and it's been a very valuable resource.

Thanks should also be extended to Skip's company, Automatrix. Automatrix offers a full-time presence on the Internet for companies who want to promote their products and services, and they provided this service to us for free. If your company is looking to establish a web presence, perhaps you should give Automatrix a look-see. http://www.automatrix.com/

As of now, the vanagon archives will be available in two ways.

VANAGON DATABASE ENGINE ----------------------- First, you may query ListServ's internal database directly for articles you're seeking. You do this by sending a 'search' command to the list server (listserv@vanagon.com). I'll give you a brief lesson here, but an extensive help file is available by sending the following command to the list server: GET LISTDB MEMO

To search for all letters containing the term 'CV joint', send the following command to the list server:

SEARCH 'cv joint' IN VANAGON

This is the simplest form of the command, and returns an index of all letters that contain the phrase, as well as a brief excerpt of the term in context. The letter will also contain information on how to get the full text of any of the letters found.

You may also narrow your search in a bunch of ways. You can limit a search by date with a "SINCE. . . " predicate. Likewise, you can limit by sender and/or by the subject line with a "WHERE . . ." predicate. For instance:

SEARCH 'cv joint' IN VANAGON since 98/01/01 SEARCH 'cv joint' IN VANAGON WHERE SENDER CONTAINS 'joel' SEARCH * IN VANAGON WHERE SENDER IS coyote@likeminds.com SEARCH * IN VANAGON SINCE 97/01/01 WHERE SUBJECT CONTAINS 'oettinger'

are all valid search commands that will (depending on how well you've crafted your predicate) dramatically reduce the number of entries returned to you.

(Note that the case of the statements is unimportant. I just put keywords in all CAPS, and variable information in lower-case.)

VANAGON WEB ARCHIVES --------------------

Secondly, the Vanagon list is available for searching via a web-based engine. Simply surf to http://gerry.vanagon.com/archives/vanagon.html

Coyote

-- /\_/\ ____ Ron 'Coyote' Lussier ( ) \ _/__ LikeMinds (415) 284-6972 \ / \X / Every Individual a Market \_/ \/ http://www.likeminds.com/


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